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Poundal

The poundal (symbol: pdl) is a unit of force, introduced in 1877, that is part of the Absolute English system of units, which itself is a coherent subsystem of the foot–pound–second system. The poundal is defined as the force necessary to accelerate 1 pound-mass at 1 foot per second per second.1 pdl = 0.138254954376 N exactly. (Wikipedia).

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