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pound-forces

pound-forces is the plural of pound-force.

Meaning of pound-force

Noun

pound-force (plural pounds-force)

  1. A unit of force equal to the weight, on earth (subject to standard gravity), of a mass of one avoirdupois pound, equal to about 4.44822 newtons. Symbol lbf or lb_f.
    • The slug is defined as the mass which would accelerate at a rate of 1 ft/s² under a force of one pound-force (lbf). Since 1 lbf is the force exerted on a mass of one pound by a standard gravitational field (of exactly 9.80665 meters per square second), a slug is thus exactly equal to 196133/6096...2000 October 9, Gérard P. Michon, “What is a slug, in the [engineering] weight measurement system?”, in Numericana.com

Questions about pound-forces

What is pound-forces the plural of?
Pound-forces is the plural of pound-force.

Words near pound-forces in the dictionary

  1. pound the table
  2. pound town
  3. pound-foolish
  4. pound-for-pound
  5. pound-force
  6. pound-forces
  7. pound-mass
  8. pound-shop
  9. poundable
  10. poundage
  11. poundaged

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