: the absolute meter-kilogram-second unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one joule per second or to the power produced by a current of one ampere across a potential difference of one volt : ¹/₇₄₆ horsepower
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My meter registered a current of 0.62 amps, which gives a power of 3.1 watts.
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
Zhu says Lenovo is targeting between two and 2.5 hours of battery life in demanding heavy games — which lines up with the basic math of dividing a 55 watt-hour battery by 20 watts, assuming the rest of the system doesn’t eat up a lot more.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The new model also delivers 11 watts, as compared to the old model's 10.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
With up to eight cores and 16 threads and a wattage range of 15 to 54 watts, these processors will appear in everyday and business laptops; Ryzen AI CPUs will arrive in more than 150 notebooks in 2025, AMD claims.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025
Zhu says Lenovo is targeting between two and 2.5 hours of battery life in demanding heavy games — which lines up with the basic math of dividing a 55 watt-hour battery by 20 watts, assuming the rest of the system doesn’t eat up a lot more.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
The new model also delivers 11 watts, as compared to the old model's 10.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2025
With up to eight cores and 16 threads and a wattage range of 15 to 54 watts, these processors will appear in everyday and business laptops; Ryzen AI CPUs will arrive in more than 150 notebooks in 2025, AMD claims.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Watt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watt. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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watt
noun
: a unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one joule per second
Etymology
named for James Watt 1736–1819 Scottish engineer
Medical Definition
watt
noun
: the absolute mks unit of power equal to the work done at the rate of one joule per second or to the power produced by a current of one ampere across a potential difference of one volt : ¹/₇₄₆ horsepower
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