calorie |
jule |
As a noun calorie
is (
physics and chemistry, obsolete ) the gram calorie or small calorie, a non-si unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 42 joules this unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °c.
As a proper noun jule is
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jule |
erg |
As a proper noun jule
is .
As a noun erg is
the unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter equal to 10
−7 joules or
erg can be (geomorphology) a large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the sahara.