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Noun: foot-poundal  'fût'pawn-d(u)l
  1. A unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
    "The physicist used foot-poundals in his calculations"

Derived forms: foot-poundals

Type of: energy unit, heat unit, work unit

Encyclopedia: Foot-poundal