poundal : Idioms & Phrases


foot poundal

Foot" pound`al
Definitions
  1. (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
Webster 1913

foot-poundal

  • noun a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
WordNet

Fot pound, ∧ Foot poundal

  • . (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot poundal, in the Vocabulary.
Webster 1913