lbf

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lbf^¹

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See lb (“pound”).

noun lbf · lb_f

abbreviation Abbreviation of pound-force (“unit of force”). The slug is defined as the mass which would accelerate at a rate of 1 ft/s² under a force of one pound-force (lbf). Since 1 lbf is the force exerted on a mass of one pound by a standard gravitational field (of exactly 9.80665 meters per square second), a slug is thus exactly equal to 196133/6096 pou

LBF^²

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abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Luxembourg Boxing Federation

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@misc{lbf_2026,
  title = {lbf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lbf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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