kilopound

English

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ pound.

Noun

kilopound (plural kilopounds)

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

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Further reading

Κilopound (kip unit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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