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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one poundal acting through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An absolute unit of energy, being the energy of an avoirdupois pound moving with a velocity of one English foot per mean solar second.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
unit ofwork done when by aforce of one poundal moves through adistance of one foot
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
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