a gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in a 9.80665 m/s2 gravitational field.
The thrust of a rocket engine, for example, was measured in kilograms-force in 1940s Germany, in the Soviet Union (where it remained the primary unit for thrust in the Russian space program until at least the late 1980s), and it is still used today in China and sometimes by the European Space Agency.
Synonyms of "KGF" in English dictionary
kilogram-force, kilopond, kp are the top synonyms of "KGF" in the English thesaurus.