Pound (disambiguation)
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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.
Units
Pound (mass): A measurement unit of mass used in the United States customary, Imperial, and other systems of measurement. [e]- Pound-force: A measurement unit of force which will accelerate 1 pound of mass to 9.80665 m/s2 (≈ 32.17405 ft/s2), the standard average acceleration due to gravity on Earth's surface (referred to as gn). [e]
Currency
- Egyptian pound: Add brief definition or description
- Lebanese pound: Add brief definition or description
Pound sterling: The currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, subdivided into 100 pence, with the symbol £. [e]- South Sudanese pound: Add brief definition or description
- Sudanese pound: Add brief definition or description
- Syrian pound: Add brief definition or description
Symbols
People
- Robert Pound: (1919-2010) American physicist whose work on the effect of gravity on light provided confirmation of Einstein's general theory of relativity and led to the development of magnetic resonance imaging. [e]
- Ezra Pound: (1885-1972) American 20th century poet, author of The Cantos. [e]