The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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This drug can create a deep state of anesthesia and amnesia sufficient to block the pain of a surgeon’s knife or 400 joules of electricity delivered to reset a fibrillating heart.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2024
When the U.S. government completed construction of the National Ignition Facility in 2009, it was the most powerful laser facility in the world, able to deliver 1 million joules of energy to a target.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
This triggered a fusion reaction that released 3 million joules.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
The energy is in joules for a charge in coulombs, voltage in volts, and capacitance in farads.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
In a pure-oxygen environment, 16.7 million joules will be released for every kilogram of sugar used, releasing the explosive force of eight sticks of dynamite.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
