Changes

'''Pounds''' (abbreviated '''lb''' or '''lbs''') are the [[United States customary units]] tool for measuring [[weight]]. Although pounds can vary depending on where they are used, its most common form is the [[French]] [[avoirdupois pound]] (which was adopted by the United States and later abandoned by France in favor of the [[Metric System]]) - which equates 1 pound to 16 [[ounces]] or 0.45359237 [[kilogram]]s.<ref name="CalculateOunces">{{cite web|url=http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/ounces-to-pounds.htm|title=Ounces to Pounds conversions|work=[http://www.metric-conversions.org/ metric-conversions.org/]|accessdate=2007-09-02|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref><ref name="EncyclopediaKiloGs">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-pound.html|quote=1 lb avdp is equal to 0.45359237 kg|format=HTML|language=English|work=Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition|date=2007|accessdate=2007-09-02|title=pound}}</ref>

'''Pounds''' (abbreviated '''lb''' or '''lbs''') are the [[United States customary units]] tool for measuring [[weight]]. Although pounds can vary depending on where they are used, its most common form is the [[French]] [[avoirdupois pound]] (which was adopted by the United States and later abandoned by France in favor of the [[Metric System]]) - which equates 1 pound to 16 [[ounces]] or 0.45359237 [[kilogram]]s.<ref name="CalculateOunces">{{cite web|url=http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/ounces-to-pounds.htm|title=Ounces to Pounds conversions|work=[http://www.metric-conversions.org/ metric-conversions.org/]|accessdate=2007-09-02|language=English}}</ref><ref name="EncyclopediaKiloGs">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-pound.html|quote=1 lb avdp is equal to 0.45359237 kg|language=English|work=Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition|date=2007|accessdate=2007-09-02|title=pound}}</ref>

Pounds can also refer to the currency of the [[United Kingdom]].

Pounds can also refer to the currency of the [[United Kingdom]].

{{reflist}}

{{reflist}}

[[category:Units of Measurement]]

[[Category:Units of Measurement]]