WATTLESS
Etymology
Adjective
wattless (not comparable)
Without any electrical power; said of an alternating current or component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degrees from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.
Anagrams
• swattles
Source: Wiktionary
Watt"less, a. (Elec.)
Definition: Without any power (cf. Watt); -- said of an alternating current
or component of current when it differs in phase by ninety degrees
from the electromotive force which produces it, or of an
electromotive force or component thereof when the current it produces
differs from it in phase by 90 degrees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition