kilopond (plural kiloponds)
A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass off one kilogram in the standard gravity (i.e. at the surface of the earth).
• Not to be confused with kilopound.
• kp
• kilogram-force
• kgf
Source: Wiktionary
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
