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Meaning of foot-poundal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot

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Examples

“He […] made abstruse calculations as to the flight of balls off sloped club-faces, as to the foot-poundals of energy exercised by one muscle or the other, and as to theories of spin.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

foot-scamp foot-stool foot-strut split foot-tapping foot-ton foot-travel

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