  a kip is a non-si unit of force. it equals 1000 pounds-force, used primarily by american architects and engineers to measure engineering loads. although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of mass, equal to 1000 pounds, i.e., one half of a short ton. one use is as a unit of deadweight to compute shipping charges. 1 kip = 4448.2216 newtons (n) = 4.4482216 kilonewtons (kn) the name comes from combining the words "kilo" and "pound"; it is occasionally called a kilopound. its symbol is kip, or less frequently, klb. when it is necessary to clearly distinguish it as a unit of force rather than mass, it is sometimes called the kip-force (symbol kipf or klbf). note that the symbol kp usually stands for a different unit of force, the kilopond or kilogram-force used primarily in europe prior to the introduction of si units. the kip is also the name of obsolete units of measure in malaysia.kip == see also == * pound (force) * short ton-force ==references== 
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