Foot-poundal
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot dated
"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."
- 2 a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
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