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wattage
  1. An amount or power (especially electric), expressed in watts, kilowatts etc.
  2. The power requirement of some electric appliance.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A CFL can replace an incandescent bulb with up to four times its wattage, resulting in a 75 percent energy savings.”
      “The sculpture was some sort of fibre optic thing with elongated tendrils that pulsed slowly at a very low wattage.”
      “Choose a CFL that's one-fourth of the wattage of your old incandescent bulb.”
watt
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But it is estimated that the net heating is at least one watt, perhaps closer to two watts per square yard.”
      “Changing to public ownership of the grid will not add a single watt of power.”
      “The original half watt of power will diminish to less than a billionth of a watt at the point of arrival.”
wattmeter
  1. An instrument for measuring electric power in watts.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If the load impedance is not equal to the transmission line impedance, the wattmeter will indicate the amount of reflected power.”
      “The electric power applied to the transducer was measured using a sampling wattmeter.”
      “Measurement of watts is not an easy business and many types of wattmeter are around.”
wattmeters
  1. plural of wattmeter
wattages
  1. plural of wattage
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Incandescent ceiling lights, when properly installed, are reasonably safe if the bulb wattages are in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.”
      “The audience were not told the wattages of the bulbs prior to the experiment to avoid skewing the data.”
      “Bringing this issue home, I counted about 30 light bulbs of different wattages in the house.”
watts
  1. plural of watt
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The formula that represents power density is watts times time, divided by spot size, equals power density.”
      “The primary outcome variable was improvement in exercise capacity, measured in watts on a cycle ergometer.”
      “The barometer readings calculated in mega watts per hour indicate that the use of green electricity is increasing.”
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