Joule (disambiguation)

The joule (symbol: J) is the SI derived unit of energy

Joule or joules may also refer to:

People

 * Joule (surname)
 * James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), English physicist and namesake of the term joule

Places

 * 12759 Joule, an asteroid
 * Joule (crater), on the Moon

Companies and organizations

 * Joule Assets, American provider of energy reduction market analysis, tools and financing
 * Joule Centre, an energy research centre based at the University of Manchester, England
 * Joule Inc., a subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association
 * Joule Unlimited, formerly Joule Biotechnologies, producer of alternative energy technologies
 * Joules (clothing), a British casual clothes brand
 * JouleX, former software company
 * The Joule Hotel, Dallas, Texas, US

Science and technology

 * Joule (programming language)
 * Joule cycle, a thermodynamic cycle
 * Joule effect and Joule's law, several physical effects discovered by James Prescott Joule
 * Joule expansion, a particular thermodynamic process
 * Joule heating, process by which the passage of a current through a conductor releases heat
 * joule per mole (J/mol), an SI derived unit of energy per amount of material
 * joule-second (J∙s), a unit used to measure action or angular momentum
 * joule/second (J/s), another term for the watt
 * Joule thief, a minimalist self-oscillating voltage booster

Other uses

 * Joule (Q84), submarine of the French Navy
 * Optimal Energy Joule, an electric car
 * Joule (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press