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Joule's law

–noun Physics.
1. the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
2. the principle that the internal energy of a given mass of an ideal gas is solely a function of its temperature.

Origin:
1850–55; named after J. P. Joule
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