what lbs stand for actually?
2006-06-19 22:46:09 · 6 answers · asked by Freddy Bee 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
yep, that is what i thought too, that lb is short for libra, so I was a bit confused. I looked it up
"A pound is always written as "lb" to prevent confusion with pound money "£". It is very old, traced back to the Roman "libra" (which explains its abreviation!). It was defined in England since Ethelred the Unready (968-1016). In fact, a pound (money) was originally a pound (weight) of silver, and the symbol for pound (money) £ is a stylised L."
2006-06-20 00:09:36 · answer #1 · answered by dragolt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a 1lb is a weight measurement used mainly in western europe before the introduction of metric weights
1 pound was 16 ounces
14 pounds was a stone and so on
we had the same with our currency
12 pennies made 1 shilling, 20 shilling made 1 pound
240 pennies made 1 pound
its all been replaced by grams , kilo grams ect now but some shops still display both for the benefit of the older generations who have never learned kilo grams&mili metres ect
hope this helps
i also hope my answer is accurate as it was such a long time ago
thanks
2006-06-19 22:55:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LBS stands for Load Balancing System which is nearly equal to pound
2006-06-19 22:51:35 · answer #3 · answered by sunilkumarkln1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pounds.
2006-06-19 22:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Da Great 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means librilis, Latin for a pound. Related is the word libra, Latin for scale like the zodiac sign. It does NOT mean load balance system.
2006-06-19 23:59:04 · answer #5 · answered by jswigenton 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lbs is a unit used to Mauser the mass of anything and it could be called English unit because its used in EUROPA, but know their is the SI unit used in most of the country of this world,
But i should say both the English unit or SI-unit could be use at any place in the world
2006-06-19 23:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by nono 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋