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Three approaches to units of mass and force or weight[1][2]
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Base

Force Weight Mass
2nd law of motion m = F/a F = Wa/g F = ma
System BG GM EE M AE CGS MTS SI
Acceleration (a) ft/s2 m/s2 ft/s2 m/s2 ft/s2 [[Physics:Gal (unit) Gal}}]] m/s2 m/s2
Mass (m) slug hyl pound-mass kilogram [[Pound (mass) pound}}]] [[Gram gram}}]] [[Tonne tonne}}]] [[Kilogram kilogram}}]]
Force (F),
weight (W)
[[Pound (force) pound}}]] kilopond pound-force kilopond [[Poundal poundal}}]] [[Physics:Dyne dyne}}]] [[Sthène sthène}}]] [[Newton (unit) newton}}]]
Pressure (p) [[Pounds per square inch pounds per square inch}}]] [[Technical atmosphere technical atmosphere}}]] [[Pounds per square inch pounds-force per square inch}}]] [[Physics:Atmosphere (unit) atmosphere}}]] poundals per square foot [[Physics:Barye barye}}]] pieze [[Pascal (unit) pascal}}]]
  1. Comings, E. W. (1940). "English Engineering Units and Their Dimensions". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry 32 (7): 984–987. doi:10.1021/ie50367a028. 
  2. Klinkenberg, Adrian (1969). "The American Engineering System of Units and Its Dimensional Constant gc". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry 61 (4): 53–59. doi:10.1021/ie50712a010. 
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