• Look up pound-force or pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf,) is a unit of force used...
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    The pound per square inch (abbreviation: psi) or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in2), is a unit of measurement of pressure...
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    avoirdupois pound is lb; an alternative symbol (when there might otherwise be a risk of confusion with the pound-force) is lbm (for most pound definitions)...
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  • The foot-pound force (symbol: ft⋅lbf, ft⋅lbf, or ft⋅lb ) is a unit of work or energy in the engineering and gravitational systems in United States customary...
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  • Short ton (redirect from 2000 pounds)
    the force exerted by a mass at standard gravity (e.g., short ton-force). One short ton exerts a weight at one standard gravity of 2,000 pound-force (lbf)...
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  • the pound-force (lbf) is sometimes referred to as the pound (lb). Another variant of the FPS system uses both the pound-mass and the pound-force, but...
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  • 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,...
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    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...
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  • Kip (unit) (redirect from Kip-force)
    of force. It equals 1000 pounds-force, and is used primarily by structural engineers to indicate forces where the value represented in pound-force is...
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    Newton (unit) (redirect from Newton (force))
    newton acting on an area of 1 square metre Orders of magnitude (force) Pound (force) Sthène Newton metre, SI unit of torque Bureau International des...
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  • A pound-foot (lb⋅ft), abbreviated from pound-force foot (lbf · ft), is a unit of torque representing one pound of force acting at a perpendicular distance...
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  • choice, which is to rescale units of force. Since a pound of force (pound force) accelerates a pound of mass (pound mass) at 32.174 049 ft/s2 (9.80665 m/s2;...
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    ohm per square. 1 kilogram-force metre = 9.80665 N⋅m 1 newton-metre ≈ 0.73756215 pound-force-feet 1 pound-foot ≡ 1 pound-force-foot ≈ 1.35581795 N⋅m 1 ounce-inch...
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    Torque (redirect from Moment of force)
    if torque is in pounds-force feet and rotational speed in revolutions per minute, the above equation gives power in foot pounds-force per minute. The...
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    force divided by a unit of area; the SI unit of pressure, the pascal (Pa), for example, is one newton per square metre (N/m2); similarly, the pound-force...
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    one pound-force is exerted on it, and is equivalent to about 32.2 pounds (mass). The kilogram-force is a non-SI unit of force, defined as the force exerted...
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    and use 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...
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  • 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). A slug...
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    feet in one minute. Watt judged that the horse could pull with a force of 180 pounds-force (800 N). So: P = W t = F d t = 180   lbf × 2.4 × 2 π × 12   ft...
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  • urban bus 730 pound force-feet (990 N⋅m) at 1300 rpm, 250 horsepower (186 kW; 253 PS) electronically governed at 2200 rpm 900 pound force-feet (1,220 N⋅m)...
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    some contexts, the term "pound" is used to refer to "pound-force". The slug is another unit of mass derived from pound-force. Troy weight, avoirdupois...
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  • Ounce (section Ounce-force)
    by Henry VIII in 1527. An ounce-force is 1⁄16 of a pound-force, or about 0.2780139 newtons. It is defined as the force exerted by a mass of one avoirdupois...
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  • Excavator 660 pound force-feet (895 N⋅m) @ 1,300 rpm, 260 horsepower (194 kW; 264 PS) electronically governed at 2,400 rpm 800 pound force-feet (1,085 N⋅m)...
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  • kilogram-force is defined as 9.80665 N. Similarly, a gram-force is 9.80665 mN, and a milligram-force is 9.80665 μN. The gram-force and kilogram-force were...
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    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...
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    drawn. Strictly a pound is a unit of mass, but it is commonly referred to as a weight. When a distinction is necessary, the term pound-force may refer to a...
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    Penetrator (MOP) is a precision-guided, 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) "bunker buster" bomb used by the United States Air Force. It is substantially larger than the deepest-penetrating...
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    present-day Pound Ridge was attacked by a mixed force of 130 New Netherland soldiers under the command of John Underhill. This event is now known as the Pound Ridge...
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  • needed] 925 pound force-feet (1,254 N⋅m) @ 1200 rpm, 280 horsepower (209 kW; 284 PS) (209 kW) electronically governed at 2,100 rpm 1,150 pound force-feet (1...
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    the S-IV second stage (90,000-pound-force (400,000 N), 43,380,000 lb-sec total impulse), with the S-IVB (200,000-pound-force (890,000 N), 96,000,000 lb-sec...
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