foot-poundal en · NOUN
Meanings
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(dated) A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot
He […] made abstruse calculations as to the flight of balls off sloped club-faces, as to the foot-poundals of energy exercised by one muscle or the other, and as to theories of spin.
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foot-poundals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |