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minus-square@47Toast@feddit.orglinkfedilink21•2 months agoPound is both. There are two units that both are named pound, one is for mass, the other for force.
minus-square@WR5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoThis is generally referred to as pound-force (lbf) instead of just pound (lb). At least, that’s what we use at my engineering firm when converting from Newtons so I may be misinformed.
minus-square@pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink3•2 months agohow about i break the laws of physics
minus-square@rovingnothing29@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 months agoThe correct unit of mass is the slug, which is 14.59kg People insisting on using pounds as mass is why the physics formulas need extra steps in imperial.
A pound is about 4.4 Newtons
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Pound is both. There are two units that both are named pound, one is for mass, the other for force.
This is generally referred to as pound-force (lbf) instead of just pound (lb). At least, that’s what we use at my engineering firm when converting from Newtons so I may be misinformed.
how about i break the laws of physics
how bout you doo
anyway
W = mg
Oops
The correct unit of mass is the slug, which is 14.59kg
People insisting on using pounds as mass is why the physics formulas need extra steps in imperial.