Pound

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Pound

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1. A unit of mass equal in the United States to 0.45359237 kilogram, exactly. </dd>
2. Specifically, a unit of measurement of the thrust or force of a reaction engine representing the weight the engine can move, as an engine with 100,000 pounds of thrust. See poundal, pound mass. </dd>
3. The force exerted on 1 pound mass by the standard acceleration of gravity. See gravity, sense 2. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use