Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Poundal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons
2
A unit equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one pound at a rate of one foot per second per second.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)