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  2. Power (physics) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Power is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time. In the International System of Units, the unit of power is the watt, equal to one joule per second. Power is a scalar quantity. Specifying power in particular systems may require attention to other quantities; for example, the power involved in moving a ground vehicle ...

  3. Watt - Wikipedia

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    Power is the rate at which energy is generated or consumed and hence is measured in units (e.g. watts) that represent energy per unit time. For example, when a light bulb with a power rating of 100 W is turned on for one hour, the energy used is 100 watt hours (W·h), 0.1 kilowatt hour, or 360 kJ .

  4. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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    units: approximately 1000 BTU/hour 3 × 10 2: tech: PC GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 peak power consumption [20] 4 × 10 2: tech: legal limit of power output of an amateur radio station in the United Kingdom 5 × 10 2: biomed: power output (useful work plus heat) of a person working hard physically 7.457 × 10 2: units: 1 horsepower [21] 7.5 × 10 2

  5. Electric power - Wikipedia

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    Electric power is transmitted by overhead lines like these, and also through underground high-voltage cables. Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit. Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second. Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands ...

  6. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    One imperial horsepower lifts 550 pounds (250 kg) by 1 foot (30 cm) in 1 second. Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are many different standards and types of horsepower.

  7. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    List of physical quantities. This article consists of tables outlining a number of physical quantities. The first table lists the fundamental quantities used in the International System of Units to define the physical dimension of physical quantities for dimensional analysis. The second table lists the derived physical quantities.

  8. AC power - Wikipedia

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    In an electric circuit, instantaneous power is the time rate of flow of energy past a given point of the circuit. In alternating current circuits, energy storage elements such as inductors and capacitors may result in periodic reversals of the direction of energy flow. Its SI unit is the watt.

  9. Intensity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Intensity (physics) In physics and many other areas of science and engineering the intensity or flux of radiant energy is the power transferred per unit area, where the area is measured on the plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the energy. [a] In the SI system, it has units watts per square metre (W/m 2), or kg ⋅ s −3 in ...