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July 9th, 2016, 08:16 AM
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Lb lbs

Hi I am in confusion as to what is the correct form to be use is it LB or LBS as well as the details of the LBS in different weight factors?
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July 9th, 2016, 09:02 AM
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Re: Lb lbs

The Libra is the inception of the shortened form for pound, lb. The generally utilized shortened form lbs to demonstrate the plural unit of estimation does not reflect Latin use, in which lb is both the particular and plural condensing.

What is lbs in pounds?

The pound or pound-mass (contractions: lb, lbm, lbm, ℔ ) is a unit of mass utilized as a part of the supreme, United States standard and different frameworks of estimation.

What are lbs in weight?


The unit is plummeted from the Roman libra (subsequently the shortened form "lb"); the name pound is a Germanic adjustment of the Latin expression libra pondo, "a pound by weight". Utilization of the inadequate term pound mirrors the verifiable conflation of mass and weight.

Why is the shortened form for pound lb?


The structure lb is really a truncation of the Latin word libra, which could mean a pound, itself an abbreviated type of the full expression, libra pondo, "pound weight". The second expression of this expression, coincidentally, is the birthplace of the English pound.


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