June 2016: Atlanta Summer Guide. When it comes to celebrating summer, there's old school, and there's new school. Take a dip in a swimming hole, or swan around the pool you rented on Airbnb. Slurp on a Bomb Pop, or scoop up artisanal gelato.
joule. n. 1. (Units) the derived SI unit of work or energy; the work done when the point of application of a force of 1 newton is displaced through a distance of 1 metre in the direction of the force. 1 joule is equivalent to 1 watt-second, 10 7 ergs, 0.2390 calories, or 0.738 foot-pound.
1 calorie = 4.2 Joules Answer In SI, all forms of energy are expressed in joules (J). The British Thermal Unit (BTU) is an imperial unit for energy, rarely used anywhere outside the United States. The calorie is an obsolete (cgsA) unit despite being used (kilocalories) to some extent in the food industry.