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foot-poundal

foot-poundal noun: a unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot.

Noun

foot-poundal (plural foot-poundals)

  1. (dated) A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot
    • He […] made abstruse calculations as to the flight of balls off sloped club-faces, as to the foot-poundals of energy exercised by one muscle or the other, and as to theories of spin.1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 65

foot-poundal meaning in Tamil

foot-poundal in Tamil

அடியிறாத்தலி

Forms of foot-poundal

pluralfoot-poundals

Questions about foot-poundal

What does foot-poundal mean?
Foot-poundal means a unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot.
What is foot-poundal in Tamil?
Foot-poundal in Tamil is அடியிறாத்தலி. See Foot-poundal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foot-poundal?
Foot-poundal is a noun.
What is the plural of foot-poundal?
The plural of foot-poundal is foot-poundals.

Words near foot-poundal in the dictionary

  1. foot-pads
  2. foot-post
  3. foot-pound
  4. foot-pound-second
  5. foot-pound-seconds
  6. foot-poundal
  7. foot-poundals
  8. foot-pounds
  9. foot-rule
  10. foot-scamp
  11. foot-scamps

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