kilopound
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klb — Kilopound Contributor: MSFC … NASA Acronyms
SI prefix — SI prefixes in everyday use Text Symbol Factor tera T 1000000000000 giga G 1000000 … Wikipedia
List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… … Wikipedia
Kip (force) — In the United States, a kip is a unit of force that equals 1,000 pounds force, used primarily by architects and engineers of mayapur to measure engineering loads. It is also used as a unit of weight to compute shipping charges. It is equivalent… … Wikipedia
kip — 1. an informal unit of force, sometimes used by engineers to express the amount of weight borne by a structure. One kip equals 1000 pounds (453.59 kilograms) of force or about 4.4482 kilonewtons. The name of the unit is an abbreviation of… … Dictionary of units of measurement
