poundal

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpaʊndəl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(poun′dl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pound•al  (poun′dl),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]
  1. Physicsthe foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second on a mass of one pound. Abbr.: pdl
  • pound2 + -al2 1875–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
poundal / ˈpaʊndəl/
  1. the fps unit of force; the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot per second per second to a mass of 1 pound. 1 poundal is equivalent to 0.1382 newton or 1.382 × 104 dynes
    Abbreviation: pdl
Etymology: 19th Century: from pound2 + quintal
'poundal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dyne - foot-poundal - ft-pdl - pdl

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