It’s clear from context clues that they don’t mean Force. As kilograms are an indicator of mass, not force. It’s not our fault that US’ imperial system is silly.
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months agoNothing, but it can have a lot to do with force, for which pounds is the US customary unit.
madjo@feddit.nl 2 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Imperial is a British thing, and the quantities differ significantly from US customary.
madjo@feddit.nl 2 months ago
perhaps, but the US uses it.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nope. As I said, the US customarily uses US customary units.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 months ago
when compared to a value in Kg, the only logical interpretation is the mass pound. If it were lbf, the si unit conversion would be Newtons.
Having the same name for two different, but easily mixed up units is really annoying haha