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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's confusing, since "pound" is used for both force and mass.

1 lbm is roughly 0.45 kg

1 lbf is the force required to accelerate a 1 slug (32.2 lbm) mass 1 ft/s^2.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know slugs are just snails without shells, but they don't need to go faster

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know what the imperial system standards committee was up to, but I've never met a slug that was 32.2 lbm

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

lbm

What a brainfart of a unit is that?