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FORCE UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of measurement of physical force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("force unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force unit"):
dyne (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram)
N; newton (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes)
sthene (a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons)
pdl; poundal (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)
lbf.; pound (a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec)
pounder ((used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds)
g; g-force; gee (a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated)
pound (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy)
