ALL meanings of foot-poundal
foot-pound·al
F f - noun foot-poundal a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl. 1
- noun foot-poundal a unit of work or energy equal to the work done when a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot: it is equal to 0.042 14 joule 0
- noun foot-poundal a basic unit of energy or work in the FPS system, equal to the amount of work done by a force of one poundal acting through a distance of one foot (0.0421 joule) 0
- noun foot-poundal (dated) A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot. 0