- foot-pound force
- footˈ-pound or foot-pound force nounThe energy needed to raise a mass of one pound through the height of one foot in normal gravity• • •Main Entry: ↑foot
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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
Foot-pound force — Pied livre Le pied livre force ou pied livre (foot pound force ou foot pound en anglais, symbole : ft·lbf or ft·lb) est une unité de mesure anglo saxonne de travail ou d énergie. Elle correspond au travail développé par une force de une… … Wikipédia en Français
foot-pound — noun a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot • Hypernyms: ↑work unit, ↑heat unit, ↑energy unit • Part Holonyms: ↑foot ton * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural … Useful english dictionary
Foot-pound (energy) — Not to be confused with Pound foot (torque) or Foot poundal. The foot pound force, or simply foot pound (symbol: ft lbf or ft lb) is a unit of work or energy in the English Engineering Units and Gravitational Systems in United States… … Wikipedia
Foot-pound — Pied livre Le pied livre force ou pied livre (foot pound force ou foot pound en anglais, symbole : ft·lbf or ft·lb) est une unité de mesure anglo saxonne de travail ou d énergie. Elle correspond au travail développé par une force de une… … Wikipédia en Français
foot-pound — /foot pownd /, n. Physics. a foot pound second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one pound when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbr.: ft lb [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
Foot pound — (Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity through a vertical distance of one foot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
