Category:Definitions/Pound Force
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This category contains definitions related to Pound Force.
The pound force is a FPS unit of force.
It is defined as being:
- The gravitational force exerted on a mass of one avoirdupois pound on the surface of Earth.
In this context, the value of the standard acceleration due to gravity is used, taken to be $32.17404 \, 9 \, \mathrm {ft} \, \mathrm s^{-2}$.
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | pound force | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 32 \cdotp 17404 \, 9\) | poundals | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 4 \cdotp 44822\) | newtons |
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