Joule (disambiguation)
The joule (symbol: J) is the SI derived unit of energy
Joule or joules may also refer to:
People
- Joule (surname)
- James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), English physicist and namesake of the term joule
Places
- 12759 Joule, an asteroid
- Joule (crater), on the Moon
Companies and organizations
- Joule Assets, American provider of energy reduction market analysis, tools and financing
- Joule Centre, an energy research centre based at the University of Manchester, England
- Joule Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association
- Joule Unlimited, formerly Joule Biotechnologies, producer of alternative energy technologies
- Joules (clothing), a British casual clothes brand
- JouleX, former software company
- The Joule Hotel, Dallas, Texas, US
Science and technology
- Joule (programming language)
- Joule cycle, a thermodynamic cycle
- Joule effect and Joule's law, several physical effects discovered by James Prescott Joule
- Joule expansion, a particular thermodynamic process
- Joule heating, process by which the passage of a current through a conductor releases heat
- joule per mole (J/mol), an SI derived unit of energy per amount of material
- joule-second (J∙s), a unit used to measure action or angular momentum
- joule/second (J/s), another term for the watt
- Joule thief, a minimalist self-oscillating voltage booster
Other uses
- Joule (Q84), submarine of the French Navy
- Optimal Energy Joule, an electric car
- Joule (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press
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