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Re: poundals

In my first physics course (Poland) we had kilograms for
masses and kilograms for forces. The labels were slightly
different (kg for m and Kg for F, or something like this).

Michael Edmiston wrote:

Actually, I think a poundal is a force.

I don't believe we have a single word for a mass that weighs one pound,
just like we don't have a word for a mass that weighs one newton. ...