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Define Joule.

Joule is the unit of energy used by the International Standard of Units (SI). It is defined as the amount of work done on a body by a one Newton force that moves the body over a distance of one meter. It is named after English physicist James Prescott Joule, who developed the theory of conservation of energy and the first law of thermodynamics in the 19th century.


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