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  • noun Plural form of kilopascal.

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Examples

  • It can detect pressure from 0 to 15 kilopascals, which is the range of force required from typing to holding something in your hand.

    Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now 2010

  • The prototype measures about 7.6 square inches and can detect different pressures between 0 and 15 kilopascals, which is the range of pressures one might encounter while typing on a keyboard or holding a small object.

    Impact Lab 2010

  • The prototype measures about 7.6 square inches and can detect different pressures between 0 and 15 kilopascals, which is the range of pressures one might encounter while typing on a keyboard or holding a small object.

    Impact Lab 2010

  • Blood test results revealed that the scientists showed the lowest level of oxygen in blood ever recorded, averaging at 2.55 kilopascals, which is several times lower than the average

    Softpedia News - Global 2009

  • Tepco says pressure in the containment vessel likely hit 840 kilopascals the metric equivalent of 121.8 pounds per square inch around 2:30 a.m, roughly double the maximum pressure of 427 kilopascals the vessel was designed to handle.

    Reactor Team Let Pressure Soar Phred Dvorak 2011

  • The outside air, it said, was at 46 kilopascals, and properly oxygenated.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • When it was up to 30 kilopascals, she opened her helmet and her ears popped.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • The prototype, measuring 49 square centimetres 7.6 square inches, can detect pressure ranging from 0 to 15 kilopascals, comparable to the force used for such daily activities as typing on a keyboard or holding an object.

    Touch, though, is widely acknowledged to be the biggest obstacle | clusterflock 2010

  • It's not easy keeping transparent materials from falling apart when you've got fifty kilopascals on the inside and Mars sky on the outside.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • I just use Google and type in "25 F in C" or "half tablespoon in mL" or "20 mm mercury in kilopascals" and use the built-in conversion calculator.

    favour 2006

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