Kinit

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kinit \Kin"it\, n. [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics)
     A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one
     second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second;
     -- proposed by J. D. Everett, an English physicist.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]