Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poundal

1 sense of poundal

Sense 1
poundal, pdl -- (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)
       => force unit -- (a unit of measurement of physical force)