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A kip is a US customary unit of force. It equals 1000 pounds-force , and is used primarily by structural engineers to indicate forces where the value represented in pound-force is inefficient. Although uncommon, it is occasionally also considered a unit of mass , equal to 1000 pounds (i.e. one half of a short ton ).
Kip Kubin (born March 4, 1965) is an American film director, producer, writer, musician, and sound designer. He is best known for being in the band Venus Hum ( MCA Records , BMG Records , and Universal Records ) but transitioned to directing and writing narrative films in 2013.
Kipchoge Hezekiah Keino (born 17 January 1940) is a retired Kenyan track and field athlete. He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC) until 29 September 2017. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and ...
William E. "Kip" Ward (born June 3, 1949) [2] is a retired United States Army three-star general who served as the inaugural Commander of United States Africa Command from October 1, 2007 to March 8, 2011. During his long career in public service, he has taught international affairs and relations at West Point, US Military Academy; served as ...
Lao kip. The kip ( Lao: ກີບ, romanized : kib; code: LAK; sign: ₭ or ₭N; French: kip; officially: ເງີນກີບລາວ, lit. "currency Lao kip") is the currency of Laos since 1955. Historically, one kip was divided into 100 att ( ອັດ) which are no longer in regular use. The term derives from ກີບ kì:p, a Lao word ...
Christopher "Kip" Forbes (/ f ɔːr b z /) is vice chairman of the Forbes Publishing company. He attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts , and Princeton University . His brother is Steve Forbes , who has made multiple runs for the U.S. presidency and written some in-depth political and economic narratives.
Arthur F. Kip. Arthur Frederic Kip (27 September 1910, Los Angeles – 2 December 1995, Berkeley, California) was an American experimental physicist, specializing in solid-state physics. [1] [2] He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1958–1959. [3]