wattmeter

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wattmeter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wattmeter \Watt"me`ter\, n. [Watt + meter.] (Physics)
     An instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in
     measuring the energy of an electric current.
     [1913 Webster]

wattmeter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wattmeter
      n 1: an instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in
           an electrical circuit