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kilogram force

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kil⋅o⋅gram-force

  [kil-uh-gram-fawrs, -fohrs]
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–noun Physics.
a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf
Compare newton.

Origin:
1955–60
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kilogram force  
n.   Abbr. kgf
A force equal to a kilogram weight or a one-kilogram mass times the acceleration of gravity.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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