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Newtons, pounds-force and the units engines are rated in. 7 units, converted from one table of exact factors.
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1 newton in every other force unit
Computed by the same engine that runs the converter above, so these can never drift apart from it.
| From | Equals | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 newton | 0.001 | kilonewton (kN) |
| 1 newton | 0.2248089431 | pound-force (lbf) |
| 1 newton | 0.1019716213 | kilogram-force (kgf) |
| 1 newton | 100,000 | dyne (dyn) |
| 1 newton | 3.59694309 | ounce-force (ozf) |
| 1 newton | 0.0001124044715 | ton-force (short) (tonf) |
What each unit actually is
Most converters give you a number and stop. Where a figure is exact by definition we say so, and where it is an average or shifts with conditions we say that too — that is usually the thing you needed to know.
| Unit | Symbol | What it actually is |
|---|---|---|
| newton | N | SI unit. The force that accelerates 1 kg at 1 m/s². |
| kilonewton | kN | 1,000 newtons. Exact. |
| pound-force | lbf | The weight of one pound at standard gravity. Exact by definition. |
| kilogram-force | kgf | The weight of 1 kg at standard gravity. Exact — it fixes g at 9.80665 m/s². |
| dyne | dyn | The CGS unit. A hundred-thousandth of a newton. |
| ounce-force | ozf | A sixteenth of a pound-force. |
| ton-force (short) | tonf | 2,000 pound-force. |
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