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POUNDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poundal mean?
• POUNDAL (noun)
The noun POUNDAL has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: POUNDAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
pdl; poundal
Hypernyms ("poundal" is a kind of...):
force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)
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