kinit

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare kinetic. Proposed by J. D. Everett, an English physicist.

Noun[edit]

kinit (plural kinits)

  1. (physics, obsolete) A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second.