FOOTPOUND

Foot-pound

The foot-pound force, or simply foot-pound is a unit of work or energy in the Engineering and Gravitational Systems in United States customary and imperial units of measure. It is the energy transferred on applying a force of one pound-force through a displacement of one foot. The corresponding SI unit is the joule.

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