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Poundal

Pound′al

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Noun.
[From 5th
Pound
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(Physics & Mech.)
A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.

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poundal

poundal

English

Noun

poundal (plural poundals)

  1. (dated, physics) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

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