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The unit that tells you how fast your gadget eats electricity, not how much.
means A measure of power: the rate of energy use or conversion, equal to one joule per second.
from Named for James Watt, the Scottish engineer whose steam engine improvements basically pre-ordered the Industrial Revolution.
Horsepower linkWatt also coined horsepower to sell engines.
Power vs energyWatts are speed; watt-hours are distance traveled.
Human outputA fit cyclist sustains roughly 100 watts.
Lightbulb relicSixty-watt now describes brightness, not consumption.