1. plural of poundal: units of force in the foot-pound-second system, equal to the force that accelerates one pound of mass at one foot per second squared
Usage: physics; technical

Examples

• The engineer calculated the force in poundals for the mechanical system.
• Converting from poundals to newtons requires multiplying by 0.138255.
• The old textbook used poundals instead of the more common pounds-force.
• In the FPS system, forces are measured in poundals.
• The physics problem asked students to express their answer in poundals.