pm#energy_measure
  supertype:  pm#physical_process_attribute_or_quality_or_measure
  subtype:  #work_unit__heat_unit__energy_unit  a unit of measurement for work
     subtype:  #erg  a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
     subtype:  #electron_volt__eV__ev  a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
     subtype:  #joule__J__watt_second  a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
     subtype:  #small_calorie__smallcalorie__calorie__gramcalorie  unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
     subtype:  #Calorie__kilogram_calorie__kilocalorie__largecalorie__nutritionist's_calorie  a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
     subtype:  #British_thermal_unit__BTU__Btu__btu__b.th.u.  a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
     subtype:  #therm  a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units
     subtype:  #watt-hour  a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour
     subtype:  #kilowatt_hour__kW-hr__Board_of_Trade_unit__B.T.U.  a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
     subtype:  #foot-pound  a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot
     subtype:  #foot-ton  2240 foot-pounds
     subtype:  #foot-poundal  a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
     subtype:  #horsepower-hour  a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour
     subtype:  #kilogram-meter  a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter
  subtype:  #electromagnetic_unit__electromagneticunit__emu  any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
     subtype:  #capacitance_unit__capacitanceunit  a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge
        subtype:  #picofarad  a unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad
        subtype:  #millifarad  a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad
        subtype:  #farad__F  the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
        subtype:  #abfarad  a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads
     subtype:  #charge_unit__quantity_unit  a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows)
        subtype:  #coulomb__c__ampere-second  a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
        subtype:  #abcoulomb  a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs
        subtype:  #ampere-minute  a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs
        subtype:  #ampere-hour  a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
     subtype:  #conductance_unit__conductanceunit  a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge
        subtype:  #mho__siemens__siemen__reciprocal_ohm__S  a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
     subtype:  #current_unit__currentunit  a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time
        subtype:  #ampere__amp__A  the basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
        subtype:  #milliampere__mA__ma  one thousandth of an ampere
        subtype:  #abampere__abamp  a unit of current equal to 10 amperes
        subtype:  #international_ampere__internationalampere__ampere  a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere)
     subtype:  #elastance_unit__elastanceunit  the reciprocal of capacitance
        subtype:  #daraf  a unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad
     subtype:  #field_strength_unit  an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity
        subtype:  #gamma.field_strength_unit  a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
        subtype:  #oersted  the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
     subtype:  #flux_density_unit  a measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area
        subtype:  #microgauss  a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss
        subtype:  #gauss__gaus  a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter
        subtype:  #tesla  a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
     subtype:  #inductance_unit  a measure of the property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it
        subtype:  #abhenry  a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry
        subtype:  #millihenry  a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry
        subtype:  #henry__H  a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
     subtype:  #light_unit__lightunit  a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
        subtype:  #illumination_unit  a measure of illumination
           subtype:  #footcandle  a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
           subtype:  #lambert__l  a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
           subtype:  #lux  a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
           subtype:  #phot  a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux
        subtype:  #luminance_unit__luminanceunit  a measure of luminance
           subtype:  #nit.luminance_unit  a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
           subtype:  #foot-lambert__ft-L  a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
        subtype:  #luminous_flux_unit  a measure of luminous flux per unit area
           subtype:  #lm__lumen  a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
        subtype:  #luminous_intensity_unit__candlepower_unit__candlepowerunit  a measure of luminous intensity
           subtype:  #standard_candle__candle__candela__cd  the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
           subtype:  #international_candle__internationalcandle  a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela
        subtype:  #exposure.light_unit  the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
           subtype:  #overexposure.exposure  exposure to too much light or for too long a time
           subtype:  #underexposure.exposure  exposure to too little light or for too short a time
     subtype:  #magnetomotive_force_unit__magnetomotiveforceunit  a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force
        subtype:  #gilbert__gb__Gi  a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
        subtype:  #ampere-turn  a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts
        subtype:  #magneton  a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
     subtype:  #potential_unit__potentialunit  a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a give point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)
        subtype:  #abvolt  a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt
        subtype:  #millivolt__mV__mv  a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt
        subtype:  #volt__V  a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
        subtype:  #kilovolt__kV__kv  a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts
     subtype:  #power_unit__powerunit  a measure of electric power
        subtype:  #abwatt  a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt)
        subtype:  #milliwatt  a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt
        subtype:  #watt__W  a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
        subtype:  #kilowatt__kW__kw  a unit of power equal to 1000 watts
        subtype:  #megawatt  a unit of power equal to one million watts
        subtype:  #horsepower__HP__H.P.__h.p.__hp  a unit of power equal to 746 watts
        subtype:  #volt-ampere__var  a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere
        subtype:  #kilovolt-ampere  a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes
     subtype:  #radioactivity_unit__radioactivityunit  a measure of radioactivity
        subtype:  #millicurie  a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
        subtype:  #curie__Ci  a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
        subtype:  #roentgen__R  a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
        subtype:  #rutherford  a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
        subtype:  #REM__rem  (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
        subtype:  #rad  a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material
     subtype:  #resistance_unit  the reciprocal of conductance
        subtype:  #abohm  a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm
        subtype:  #ohm  a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
        subtype:  #megohm  a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms

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