PONCELET
Ponce"let, n. [After Jean Victor Poncelet, French engineer.] (Physics)
Definition: A unit of power, being the power obtained from an expenditure of one hundred kilogram-meters of energy per second. One poncelet equals g watts, when g is the value of the acceleration of gravity in centimeters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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