poundal

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Noun poundal has 1 sense

poundal, 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
--₁ is a kind of force unit

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Poundal

Noun:

A unit of force in the foot-pound-second system, equal to the force required to accelerate a one-pound mass by one foot per second per second.

Sample sentence:

Do you know how many poundals are equivalent to a newton?

Noun:

A local unit of currency in Poundal County, a small town in the rural countryside.

Sample sentence:

I exchanged my dollars for poundals before my trip to Poundal County.

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