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Definition of Kilojoule
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Kilojoule
1. A unit of energy, work, or quantity of heat equal to 103 joules. Origin: kilo + joule (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilojoule
Literary usage of Kilojoule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"More rationally, the joule (j) is used to-day and refers to the fundamental unit
of work, the erg, or, better ?till, the kilojoule is used, which is equal ..."
2. Transactions (1909)
"I am sorry that Mr. Longwell thinks the kilojoule a new unit: the kilojoule, or
kilowatt-second, is, and has been for some decades, the international unit ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"If a kilojoule at 19° is taken as 4.179 Calories, the heat of combustion of a
gram of benzene is 10.049 Calories, a result almost as high as Thorn sen's. ..."
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