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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Poundal \Pound"al\, n. [From 5th Pound.] (Physics & Mech.)
     A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being
     the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one
     second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity
     of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of
     half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Poundal \Pound"al\, n. [From 5th Pound.] (Physics & Mech.)
     A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being
     the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one
     second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity
     of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of
     half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  poundal
       n : 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 [syn: pdl]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  poundal
     n.
     (lb en dated physics) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate
  a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  poundal
     n.
     (lb en dated physics) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate
  a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  poundal
     n.
     (lb en dated physics) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate
  a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  poundal
     n.
     (lb en dated physics) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate
  a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  poundal /pˈaʊndəl/
  1. bir librelik bir cismi saniyede bir ayak süratle hareket ettiren kuvvet ölçü birimi, 13850 din.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 磅达[码.磅系力量单位]

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