What is a Watt???

[Derek]

Hi All,
"Elsewhere" I have been told that my understanding as described above is incorrect because,
a watt has a hidden term within it of per second.
So, a Watt includes time, and therefore I am wrong.

I genuinely can not see that a Watt does have a hidden term of per second in it.
That is my point, and IF correct it is a rather massive point....

I think of it like this.
A pint is a pint. It is an amount. ie, a Watt.
A pint per minute is a flow. ie, a Joule per second.

Now the two above do equal each other, but they are not the same, THIS IS THE POINT.
That a watt and a joule per second equal each other does not necessarily give a Watt a hidden time term.
So, it comes down to does the = sign in Watt = Joule per second mean,
equivalent to or the same as.
I say equivalent to.
Most people at present seem to believe it means the same as (ie there is a hidden time term in a Watt),
which is a totally different "thing", and a very subtle difference.

A subtle difference that could, if correct, have massive repercussions....