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slinches

slinches is the plural of slinch.

Meaning of slinch

Noun

slinch (plural slinches)

  1. (informal) An English unit of mass equal to 12 slugs (386.088 pounds-mass), that accelerates by 1 inch per second squared (1 in/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.

Questions about slinches

What is slinches the plural of?
Slinches is the plural of slinch.

Words near slinches in the dictionary

  1. slimwings
  2. slimy
  3. slimy sculpin
  4. slimy sculpins
  5. slinch
  6. slinches
  7. Slindon
  8. sliness
  9. Slinfold
  10. sling
  11. sling about

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