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FOOT-POUNDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foot-poundal mean?
• FOOT-POUNDAL (noun)
The noun FOOT-POUNDAL has 1 sense:
1. a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
Familiarity information: FOOT-POUNDAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("foot-poundal" is a kind of...):
energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)
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