(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
(US, engineering, architecture) A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.
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(chiefly, _, US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds.
A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as.
(military) A military force that is not part of the standard, deployable units of a service or branch.
(US, military) A force requirement that is identified in a time-phased force and deployment data for which movement characteristics have not yet been described.