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
While the laser energy of 2 million joules was less than the fusion yield of 3 million joules, it took the facility nearly 300 million joules to produce the lasers used in this experiment.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
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
Explain, in terms of the definition of power, why energy consumption is sometimes listed in kilowatt-hours rather than joules.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The sky shook with endless thunder and erupted with lightning, the clouds bursting with a billion joules of energy.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
