A unit of force: the force exerted by one standard gravity on a one-pound mass.
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Examples for "pound"
Examples for "pound"
1Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound.
2The portfolio generated a 17 million pound loss last year, Lloyds said.
3The second problem is the likely boost to an already appreciating pound.
4BNY avoided a 180 million pound fine by settling the case early.
5In Europe, Britain's fourth-quarter growth data looms large for the embattled pound.
1The quantity of provisions I found in the boat was 150 lb.
2The heaviest fruit within the ken of the writer weighed 8 lb.
3In the U.S. retail market, sugar fetches about 20 cents a lb.
4Each degree of hardness indicates the destruction and waste of 12 lb.
5The weight of the usual projectile for this mortar is 850 lb.
1Of note is that the impact force increased nearly 500 lbf from the first to the sixth drop, with a five-minute rest between falls.
2The difference between a five-minute and a 24-hour rest for the second drop, for example, was a decrease of only 102 lbf.
3I returned to the LBF offices, and looked out the window.
4None of these books will appear at the 2012 LBF.
5The revised LBF grant programmes will kick in from April.
1It also requires technology capable of handling pressure of 20,000 pound-force per square inch.
2Three grip measurements for each hand were recorded in pounds-force; the mean of these 3 assessments was used in the analysis.
3"It would take eighty thousand pound-force to pull this train, Mr. Socrates," he said.
1They set to work with every pound of force they could bring to the front.
2One pound of force is about 4.45 newtons.
3As Wendy rose holding the golf club, Bonnie swung the crutch, putting every foot- pound of force she could muster into the swing.
4The cadavers' ligaments blew apart just after 40 pounds of force.
5The software calculated the force the thrusters needed to exert in pounds of force.
1Nothing has actually changed about the ten- pound weight-exceptyour perception of it.
2She felt as though she had a ten-thousand- pound weight on her shoulders.
3I feel as if a thousand- pound weight was taken off my back.
4We have killed this morning four fish averaging a pound weight each.
5It was as if each thought came with a thousand- pound weight.
6A pound weight on the moon would scale six pounds on the earth.
7Imagine hanging upside down with a 660- pound weight in your hand.
8In my lap there's a 20- pound weight anchoring me in place.
9Suddenly Lionel felt as though a thousand- pound weight had been lifted from him.
10That's where Crawley outmuscled him for the pick despite a 75- pound weight disadvantage.
11I am going to fasten to it a hundred pound weight.
12Putting a hundred pound weight upon it is an experiment that is perilous.
13Not as telling as the thirty- pound weight loss, but still bad.
14It's as heavy as a hundred- pound weight, and prevents me from turning round.
15A thousand- pound weight she'd carried for a lifetime had been lifted from her heart.
16This measures the rope's stretch when holding a 176- pound weight.
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