Joule effect

Joule effect

noun Physics.
the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.

Origin:
1875–80; named after J. P. Joule
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Joule effect is always a great word to know.
So is atomic structure. Does it mean:
a positively charged nucleus neutralized by negatively charged electrons revolving in orbits at varying distances from the nucleus
the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate
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Joule effect
 
n
1.  See Joule's law Also called: Joule heating the production of heat as the result of a current flowing through a conductor
2.  an increase in length of certain ferromagnetic materials when longitudinally magnetized
 
[C20: named after James Prescott Joule]

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