Glossary for NanoBiotechnology

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joule:
Standard unit of energy in the meter-kilogram-screened system. One joule is the energy delivered in one second by a one-watt power source. Approximately equal to 0.24 calories.

Parts of the glossary are from the following book:
Copyright 1983, 1989, 1994 From "Molecular Biology of the Cell" by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson. Reproduced by permission of Routledge, Inc., part of The Taylor & Francis Group.