noun
- plural of kilopascal; units of pressure equal to 1,000 pascals
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The tire pressure should be maintained at 220 kilopascals.
- Atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately 101.3 kilopascals.
- The engineer measured the water pressure in kilopascals.
- Blood pressure readings can be converted from mmHg to kilopascals.
- The gas tank was pressurized to 350 kilopascals.
- Weather stations report barometric pressure in kilopascals.