foot poundal
/fʊt ˈpaʊndəl/
noun
- A unit of energy or work in the foot-pound-second system, equal to the work done by a force of one poundal moving an object one foot.
- The engineer calculated the work required in foot-poundals.
- The textbook explained how to convert foot-poundals to newton-meters.
- One foot-poundal is a very small amount of energy compared to a joule.