Foot-poundal (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The engineer used a dynamometer to measure the force applied to the object in foot-poundals.
- In the early days of measurement, the foot-poundal was widely used to quantify the energy required for simple tasks.
- A single foot-poundal is equivalent to 0.001286 Britannic horsepower-hours or 1.3558179483314004 joules.
- The force required to lift the heavy box was calculated to be 500 foot-poundals.
- The inventor's new machine was designed to perform 1000 foot-poundals of work per minute.