abbreviation for Kilo-pascals (a unit of pressure). Just being geeky. From: Robert Payne (dziga68 sbcglobal.net) Subject: Beau Geste There's a 1924 P.C. Wren adventure novel, Beau Geste , which still floats around this culture's collective subconscious (especially in its filmed versions) and probably remains the word's best-known use. In the English novel,