Watt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wa ...

s is plural for ''watt'', the unit of power. Watts may also refer to:

People

* Watts (surname), list of people with the surname Watts

Fictional characters

*Watts, main character in the film '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' *

Watts family The Watts family are a fictional family in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. The family consists of Den ( Leslie Grantham), Angie (Anita Dobson), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Dennis (Nigel Harman), Chrissie (Tracy-Ann Oberman), Vicki (Scarlet ...

, six characters in the TV series ''EastEnders'' *

Curly Watts Norman Arthur "Curly" Watts is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', from 1983 to 2003, and in a few spin-off DVDs in 2010. He was portrayed throughout by Kevin Kennedy. Most of Curly's storylines dealt ...

, in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Peter Watts, in the TV series ''Millennium'' *

Raquel Watts Raquel Watts (also Wolstenhulme) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Sarah Lancashire from 23 January 1991 until 15 November 1996. Lancashire returned on 2 January 2000 for one episode. ...

, in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *Wade Owen Watts, protagonist in the novel '' Ready Player One'' and its

film adaption A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

Places

United Kingdom

* Watts Bank, a nature reserve in Berkshire, England. *

Watts Hill Watts Hill is a hill in the Dorset Downs and one of the highest in the county of Dorset, England. The height of the summit is variously recorded as 261 metresOrdnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, No. 194 or 262 metres. Location Watts Hil ...

, Dorset, England. *

Watts Mortuary Chapel The Watts Cemetery Chapel or Watts Mortuary Chapel is a chapel in an Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) version of Celtic Revival in the village cemetery of Compton in Surrey. While the overall architectural structure is loosely Romanesque ...

, Surrey, England * Watts Naval School, Norfolk, England *

Watts Warehouse Watts Warehouse is a large, ornate Victorian Grade II* listed building standing on Portland Street in the centre of Manchester, England. It opened in 1856 as a textile warehouse for the wholesale drapery business of S & J Watts, and was the la ...

, Manchester, England

United States

Watts, Los Angeles Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood, Huntington Park and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated comm ...

, California, a city district **

Watts, California Watts, California, was a city of the sixth class that existed in Los Angeles County, California, between 1907 and 1926, when it was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles and became one of the neighborhoods in the southern part of that city. ...

, former city that was supplanted by Watts, Los Angeles ** Watts Station, historic train station in Watts, Los Angeles **

Watts Towers The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or ''Nuestro Pueblo'' ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artis ...

, 17 sculptural towers in Watts, Los Angeles *

Watts, Oklahoma Watts is a town in northern Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for John Watts, also known as Young Tassel, a Chickamauga Cherokee chief, who died in 1802.Hagan, Phyllis. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Watts." ...

* Watts, Virginia *

Watts Bar Lake Watts Bar Lake is a reservoir on the Tennessee River created by Watts Bar Dam as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority system. Geography Located in the U.S. state of Tennessee about midway between the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, the l ...

, Tennessee * Watts Branch (Anacostia River), a tributary of the Anacostia in Maryland and the District of Columbia *

Watts Branch (Potomac River) Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. Course The headwaters of the stream originate in the city of Rockville, and the branch flows southwest for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dat ...

, a tributary of the Potomac in Maryland * Watts Building (Birmingham, Alabama), on the National Register of Historic Places * Watts Community, Oklahoma * Watts Hospital, the first hospital in Durham, North Carolina * Watts Island Light, a lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay * Watts Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania

In space

1798 Watts 1798 Watts, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 April 1949, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link O ...

, an asteroid * Watts (crater), on the Moon

In other places

Watts River The Watts River is a perennial river of the Port Phillip and Western Port catchment, located in the Healesville area, in the Central region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Watts River rises below Mount Vinegar in ...

, Victoria, Australia *

Watts Point Watts Point is a point in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the eastern side of Howe Sound northwest of Britannia Beach. See also *Watts Point volcanic centre The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age ...

, British Columbia, Canada

Businesses and organizations

* Watts & Co., an English architecture and interior design company founded in 1874 *

Watts Gallery Watts Gallery – Artists' Village is an art gallery in the village of Compton, near Guildford in Surrey. It is dedicated to the work of the Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts. The gallery has been Grade II* listed on th ...

, an art gallery in Surrey, England *

Watts Line The Watts Line was a local line of the Pacific Electric Railway that operated between the Pacific Electric Building in Downtown Los Angeles and the Watts Station at 103rd Street in Watts. It was the primary local service for the Southern District, ...

, former rail line in Los Angeles, California

Other uses

* USS ''Watts'' (DD-567), a U.S. Navy destroyer * Watt's drill, a drill bit that is a type of

mortiser A mortiser or morticer is a specialized woodworking machine used to cut square or rectangular holes in a piece of lumber (timber), such as a mortise in a mortise and tenon joint. Square chisel mortiser The square chisel mortiser (also called '' ...

Watts family murders In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, American oil field operator Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by s ...

Watt's linkage In kinematics, Watt's linkage (also known as the parallel linkage) is a type of mechanical linkage invented by James Watt in which the central moving point of the linkage is constrained to travel on a nearly straight line. It was described in W ...

, mechanical linkage invented by James Watt * Watts riots, a 1965 civil disturbance in Watts, Los Angeles * Watts truce, a 1992 peace agreement among rival street gangs in Watts, Los Angeles