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FORCE UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does force unit mean? 

FORCE UNIT (noun)
  The noun FORCE UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of measurement of physical forceplay

  Familiarity information: FORCE UNIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORCE UNIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of measurement of physical force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("force unit" is a kind of...):

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force unit"):

dyne (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram)

N; newton (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes)

sthene (a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons)

pdl; poundal (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)

lbf.; pound (a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec)

pounder ((used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds)

g; g-force; gee (a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated)

pound (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy)


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