Etymology

giga-joule

Today it means: One thousand million ( 10⁹ ) joules. Symbol: GJ. Full definition →

English joule ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishjoule
  5. English todaygiga-joule

From giga- + joule.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.