The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Various definitions have...

the foot–pound–second system. Pound-force should not be confused with pound-mass (lb), often simply called "pound", which is a unit of mass; nor should...

foot–pound–second system (FPS system) is a system of units built on three fundamental units: the foot for length, the (avoirdupois) pound for either mass or...

Kingdom Pound (mass), a unit of mass Pound (force), a unit of force Rail pound, in rail profile A basis weight of paper, related to grammage Pound sign,...

The poundal represents one choice, which is to rescale units of force. Since a pound of force (pound force) accelerates a pound of mass (pound mass) at...

in the old troy pound, there would have been 240 pennyweights to the pound (mass) – just as there were 240 pennies in the original pound-sterling. However...

many British LETS use(d) the term "pound" Bristol pound, a LETS unit The Pound (mass) in question was a Tower pound (5,400 grains, 349.9 grams (11.25 troy...

nor moment of mass (as the symbol ft-lb rather than lbf-ft would imply). Similarly, an inch-pound (or pound-inch) is the torque of one pound of force applied...

(mass) per foot ounce (mass) per inch pound (mass) per yard: used in the North American railway industry for the linear density of rails pound (mass)...

other in everyday use (e.g. comparing and converting force weight in pounds to mass in kilograms and vice versa). Further complications in elucidating the...

kilogram of mass Kip (unit) Pascal, SI unit of pressure, 1 newton acting on an area of 1 square metre Orders of magnitude (force) Pound (force) Sthène...

either define mass and derive a force unit or define a base force and derive a mass unit (cf. poundal, a derived unit of force in a mass-based system)...

international yard and pound agreement of 1 July 1959, the grain or troy grain (symbol: gr) measure has been defined in terms of units of mass in the International...

many contexts, the pound avoirdupois is used as a unit of mass, but in some contexts, the term "pound" is used to refer to "pound-force". The slug is...

standards of mass. The international avoirdupois ounce (abbreviated oz) is defined as exactly 28.349523125 g under the international yard and pound agreement...

United Kingdom—the pound carat and the ounce carat. The pound troy was divisible into 24 pound carats of 240 grains troy each; the pound carat was divisible...

and nine of its associated territories. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency...

the pound-force as the unit of force but use different approaches when applying Newton's laws of motion. In the BG system, force, rather than mass has...

SI system, other units of mass include: the slug (sl), an Imperial unit of mass (about 14.6 kg) the pound (lb), a unit of mass (about 0.45 kg), which is...

rate, it is more convenient to express standard gravity as 1 pound-force per pound-mass. Note that this is equivalent to 32.17405 ft/s2, but expressed...

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and...

necessary, the term pound-force may refer to a unit of force rather than mass. The troy pound (373.2417216 g) was made the primary unit of mass by the Weights...

gravitational foot-pound-second English unit of force is the pound-force (lbf), defined as the force exerted by gravity on a pound-mass in the standard gravitational...

derived from this set as needed. In English Engineering Units, the pound-mass and the pound-force are distinct base units, and Newton's Second Law of Motion...

generated thrust divided by the propellant mass flow rate or weight flow rate. If mass (kilogram, pound-mass, or slug) is used as the unit of propellant...

Although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of mass, equal to 1000 pounds (i.e. one half of a short ton). Another use is as a unit of deadweight...

The Roman libra and Byzantine lítra (λίτρα), which served as both the pound mass unit and liter volume unit, were abbreviated in Greek using lambda with...

political party One of a number of units of mass; see: pound (mass) One of a number of units of currency; see: pound (currency) A rating of the Brazilian advisory...

bound, a mathematical concept in order theory Pound (mass), abbreviation derived from Latin libra Pound-force L-shaped electrical conduit body with the...

currency and a unit of weight, just as the British Pound was originally a unit denominating a one-pound mass of silver. Most exchange of goods had occurred...