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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context dated physics English) A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The poundal (symbol: pdl ) is a unit of force that is part of the foot–pound–second system of units, in Imperial units introduced in 1877, and is from the specialized subsystem of English absolute (a coherent system). $$1\,\text{pdl} = 1\,\tfrac{\text{lb}_m ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]