kine
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kaɪn/
- (archaic or dialectal) plural form of cow
kine (plural kines)
- (physics) The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
- 1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal (volumes 49-50, page 169)
- It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]
- 1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal (volumes 49-50, page 169)
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