- foot pound per second
- (ft·lbf/s or ft·lb/s)a traditional unit of power equal to about 1.355 818 watt or 0.001 818 horsepower.
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foot-pound|al — «FUT POWN duhl», noun. a unit of work or energy, equivalent to the work done by a force of one poundal acting through a distance of one foot. It is equal to a foot pound divided by the acceleration due to gravity, or about 32.2 feet per second… … Useful english dictionary
Foot-pound force — The foot pound force, or simply foot pound (symbol: ft·lbf or ft·lb) is a unit of work or energy (a scalar) and also a unit of torque (a vector). There is actually no such thing as foot pounds . The correct term is pound feet .Foot pounds is… … Wikipedia
pound|al — «POWN duhl», noun. the unit of force equal to the force necessary to give a mass of one pound an acceleration of one foot per second per second. 1 poundal = 13,825 dynes … Useful english dictionary
foot-poundal — foot′ pound′al n. phs a unit of energy equal to the energy expended by a one pound weight accelerating at one foot per second as it moves a distance of one foot Abbr.: ft pdl • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
Foot-poundal — The Foot poundal is a non SI unit of energy or work. The foot poundal is the amount of energy expended when a force of one poundal acts through a distance of 1 foot along the direction of the force and is defined as 1 ft•pdl. The foot poundal can … Wikipedia
Pound (force) — Klbf redirects here. For the airport in North Platte, Nebraska, assigned the ICAO code KLBF, see North Platte Regional Airport. For the unit of mass, see Pound (mass). For basis weight of paper, see Paper density. The pound force (symbol: lb, lbf … Wikipedia
Pound-force — This article deals with the unit of force. For the unit of mass see Pound (mass). The pound force or simply pound (abbreviations: lb, lbf, or lbf) is a unit of force. Definitions The pound force is approximately equal to the gravitational force… … Wikipedia
Second — This article is about the unit of time. For other uses, see Second (disambiguation). A light flashing approximately once per second. The second (SI unit symbol: s; informal abbreviation: sec) is a unit of measurement of time, and is the… … Wikipedia
watt — (W) the SI unit of power. Power is the rate at which work is done, or (equivalently) the rate at which energy is expended. One watt is equal to a power rate of one joule of work per second of time. This unit is used both in mechanics and in… … Dictionary of units of measurement
ft·lbf/s — see foot pound per second … Dictionary of units of measurement
