kilogram-force

kilogram-force
/kil"euh gram'fawrs", -fohrs"/, n. 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. Abbr.: kgf Cf. newton.
[1955-60]

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