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Pound Ridge, New York
Pound Ridge is a town in northern Westchester County, New York, incorporated 1788, population about 5,082 (2020). Known for 3-acre zoning, the 1779 Tarleton raid, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, and median household income of $250,001.
Pound Scots
The pound Scots, also known as the Scottish pound, was the currency of the Kingdom of Scotland from David I's reign until 1707, when sterling replaced it.
Pound sign
The pound sign (£) is the currency symbol for the pound sterling and other pound currencies, a crossed letter L from the Latin libra, in use since at least 1660.
Pound sterling
The pound sterling, also known as the British pound, is the currency of the United Kingdom, issued by the Bank of England and by Scottish and Northern Irish banks.
Pound-foot (torque)
The pound-foot (lb·ft), sometimes written lbf·ft, is a unit of torque in the foot-pound-second system, equal to one pound-force acting on a one-foot lever, or 1.355818 newton meters.
Pound–Drever–Hall technique
The Pound–Drever–Hall technique is a laser frequency stabilization method that reflects phase-modulated light from a stable reference cavity to generate an error signal, published in 1983 and central to LIGO.
Pound–Rebka experiment
The Pound–Rebka experiment was a 1960 Harvard test in which Robert Pound and Glen Rebka measured the gravitational redshift of gamma rays over 74 feet, confirming Einstein's prediction.
Poundbury
Poundbury is an urban extension to Dorchester, Dorset, built on Duchy of Cornwall land to a 1988 Leon Krier masterplan commissioned by King Charles III; construction began 1993, with about 2,700 homes, 35% affordable housing, and completion expected late 2028.
Poundbury hillfort
Poundbury hillfort (Poundbury Camp) is an Iron Age bivallate hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, England, with two-phase defences, a Roman aqueduct, and an adjacent late Roman cemetery of about 1,450 burials.
Pounding (structural engineering)
Pounding, also called seismic pounding, is the collision of adjacent buildings during earthquake shaking when the separation gap between them is too small, causing damage or collapse.
Poundland
Poundland, trading as Dealz in Ireland and the Isle of Man, is a British discount variety retailer founded in 1990, known for its £1 price point and about 800 stores.
Poundmaker
Poundmaker (Pitikwahanapiwiyin, c. 1842–1886) was a Plains Cree chief, Treaty 6 signatory, and peacemaker adopted by Crowfoot; convicted after the 1885 North-West Resistance, he was exonerated by Canada in 2019.
Pounds per square inch
The pound per square inch (psi) is a unit of pressure equal to one pound-force per square inch, widely used in the United States for tire pressures.
Poundstretcher
Poundstretcher is a British variety discount retailer selling food, household goods, and garden products from about 300 stores, owned by the Fortress Funds since April 2024.
Poupelle of Chimney Town (えんとつ町のプペル)
Poupelle of Chimney Town (えんとつ町のプペル) is a 2020 Japanese full-3DCG animated film by STUDIO4℃, directed by Yusuke Hirota from Akihiro Nishino's picture book; it earned 2.7 billion yen, 1.96 million admissions, and a Japan Academy Prize, with a sequel released in 2026.
Pour le Mérite
Pour le Mérite: Prussian order founded 1740 by Frederick the Great; military class (the "Blue Max") ended 1918, while the civil class for sciences and arts, created 1842, continues in Germany with about 80 members.
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Pour Some Sugar on Me: 1987 Def Leppard single from Hysteria, written in 10 days with Mutt Lange, US number two hit that drove the album to diamond status.
Pourbaix diagram
A Pourbaix diagram, also called a potential–pH or E–pH diagram, maps the thermodynamically stable phases of an element in water as electrode potential and pH vary.
Pourpoint
The pourpoint (also pour-point) is a close-fitting padded, quilted medieval garment worn beneath armor for cushioning, over mail, or as civilian fashion, fastened to hose by points; famed examples include the Charles de Blois pourpoint in Lyon.
Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island, an uninhabited mountainous Antarctic island in Marguerite Bay, Graham Land, between Bigourdan and Bourgeois Fjords; discovered by Charcot 1908-10, named by Rymill's BGLE for Charcot's ship Pourquoi-Pas?; highest peak Mount Verne 1,633 m.
Pourquoi-Pas Rupes
Pourquoi-Pas Rupes is a 164.65-km lobate scarp (thrust-fault cliff) in Mercury's southern hemisphere at 58.54°S, 156.17°W, IAU-approved 1976, named for Charcot's Antarctic ship Pourquoi-Pas, with relief up to 1.5 km.
Poussey Washington
Poussey Washington, played by Samira Wiley, is a fictional inmate in Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019); her Season 4 suffocation death under guard Bayley, echoing Eric Garner, made her a landmark Black queer TV character.
Pouteria
Pouteria Aubl. is a genus of about 171 accepted Sapotaceae trees and shrubs, type P. guianensis, native to the tropics and subtropics and centered in the Neotropics, with edible fruits such as abiu and canistel.
Pouteria sapota
Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote (zapote mamey), a Sapotaceae fruit tree native to Mexico and Central America, an ancient Mayan fruit with 8-20 cm red-fleshed berries, seed oil sapuyulo, and cultivation from Mexico to Southeast Asia and Florida.
Poutine
Poutine is a Québécois fast-food dish of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds and hot brown gravy, created in Centre-du-Québec around 1957 at Warwick and 1964 at Drummondville, and now a national Canadian dish.
Pouzauges
Pouzauges, a hilltop commune in Vendée, France (INSEE 85182), Petite Cité de Caractère with an 11th-century donjon, 355 m castle curtain wall, Romanesque churches, and about 5,700 inhabitants.
POV
POV (point of view) is the narrative perspective in storytelling and criticism defining what a teller knows and what is hidden from the reader. It is also used in film and novels.
Povarovka
Povarovka (Поваровка), formerly Kirpehnen, is a village in Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, with a 10th-13th-century Prussian burial ground of 98 graves excavated 1989-1992, marking the shift from cremation to inhumation.
Poveglia
Poveglia is a small fan-shaped island in the Venetian Lagoon off Malamocco, the Lazzaretto Nuovissimo of Venice's plague-quarantine system, used unofficially for ship quarantine until 1814, later abandoned and famed as a haunted island.
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of resources needed for a minimum standard of living, measured against absolute or relative lines; 838 million people lived in extreme poverty in 2022.