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slug

slug

1 9.9
A unit of mass in the imperial system equal to about 14.6 kilograms
  • noun
  • /slʌg/
  • Specialized
translation icon : slug (unidad de masa)
  • 300 slugs a minute.

Examples

  • Well, you can forget your troubles with those Imperial slugs.

    Star Wars (1977)

  • CSU recovered a. 25 slug.

    Spirits (1990)

  • Better than 500 slugs in one minute.

    Capone (1975)

  • You got enough slugs to sink a tugboat.

    Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)

  • "RHO" is air density in slugs per cubic foot, and velocity is in feet per second.

    An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

  • In physics, a slug is defined as a unit of mass that causes an acceleration of one foot per second squared when a force of one pound is applied.

  • For calculating force in the imperial system, one slug is approximately equal to 14.59 kilograms.

  • A standard slug in the imperial measurement system simplifies the relationship between mass and force in engineering applications.

Compounds

sea slug
  • Specialized
3 6.5

A soft sea animal without a shell, often brightly colored

slug cutter
  • Archaic
9.8

A tool used in traditional printing to cut thin lead strips for spacing type

type slug
  • Archaic
9.9

A thin metal strip placed between words to make space in printing

Surface Forms

slug singular
slugs plural

Etymology

Slug as a unit of mass comes from the idea of a single heavy 'lump' of matter; scientists chose the name slug to mean a large amount of mass in the old imperial system. So a slug measures quite a lot of mass.