noun
- a unit of force in the foot-pound-second system equal to the force that would give a mass of one pound an acceleration of one foot per second per second
Usage: physics; technical
Examples
- The engineer calculated the force in poundals for the physics problem.
- One poundal equals approximately 0.138 newtons.
- The textbook explained how to convert from poundals to other units of force.
- In the FPS system, force is measured in poundals.
- The student struggled with problems involving poundals and mass acceleration.