What is the difference between sterling and pound-force?
sterling | pound-force |
The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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, chapter=1 Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
* S. M. Leake
Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
* {{quote-news
, year=2014
, date=December 13
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton
, work=BBC Sport
Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
A unit of force equal to a mass of one avoirdupois pound times a standard acceleration of gravity, equal to about 4.44822 newtons. Symbol lbf or lbf.
As nouns the difference between sterling and pound-force
is that sterling is the currency of the united kingdom; especially the pound while pound-force is a unit of force equal to a mass of one avoirdupois pound times a standard acceleration of gravity, equal to about 444822 newtons symbol lbf or lbf.As a adjective sterling
is of, or relating to british currency, or the former british coinage.sterling
English
(wikipedia sterling)Noun
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- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
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