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poundal

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pound=al

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun poundal has 1 sense

poundal(n = noun.quantity) pdl - a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons; Array

is a kind of force unit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

poundal, n. [From 5th Pound.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

poundal, n. Physics a unit of force equal to the force required to give a mass of one pound an acceleration of one foot per second per second.

Etymology

POUND(1) + - al perh. after quintal

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