kilopound

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

kilo- +‎ pound

Noun[edit]

kilopound (plural kilopounds)

(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.

Usage notes[edit]

not to be confused with kilopond

Synonyms[edit]

kip

Further reading[edit]

Κilopound (kip unit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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