Pound
Pound (English "pound") stands for:
- an Anglo-American unit of weight, see Avoirdupois
- Name of different currencies, see pound (currency)
- Pound (software) , a load balancing software
- £ or ₤, the pound symbol
Pound is the family name of the following people:
- Caspar Pound (1970-2004), British musician, producer and label owner
- Cuthbert W. Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician
- Dudley Pound (1877-1943), British naval admiral
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet
- Richard Pound (born 1942), Canadian swimmer, lawyer and sports official
- Robert Pound (1919-2010), Canadian-American physicist
- Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American botanist, lawyer and university professor
- Stephen Pound (born 1948), British politician
- Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914), American politician
Pound is the name of the following places in the United States:
- Pound, Virginia , in Wise County
- Pound, Wisconsin , in Marinette County
- Pound (Town) , Town (ship) in Marinette County, Wisconsin
Pound as part of company names:
- Virtue & Pound Manufacturing Company , a former American automobile manufacturer
See also:
- Pound-Drever-Hall method , technique for stabilizing the frequency of lasers
- Pound-Rebka experiment , general relativity test
