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minus-squareblujanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s 1 Newton at 1 meter. As simple as 1 pound at 1 feet to be fair, the bad part is that pound is used as a measure of force as well as of mass. It works on the surface of the earth but not anywhere else.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoPounds are a measure of force, not mass. The imperial unit for mass is Slugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI wonder what you’ll get when you ask for 0.02 slugs of ham at a butcher’s. Probably nothing but a horrified look.
minus-squareblujanlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYes, but I mean everyone uses it as a measure of mass. To be fair there exists a mass unit called pound mass, as opposed to pound force.
It’s 1 Newton at 1 meter.
As simple as 1 pound at 1 feet to be fair, the bad part is that pound is used as a measure of force as well as of mass. It works on the surface of the earth but not anywhere else.
Pounds are a measure of force, not mass. The imperial unit for mass is Slugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(unit)
I wonder what you’ll get when you ask for 0.02 slugs of ham at a butcher’s. Probably nothing but a horrified look.
Yes, but I mean everyone uses it as a measure of mass.
To be fair there exists a mass unit called pound mass, as opposed to pound force.