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Glossary of Terms

kg: kilograms

kHz: thousand Hertz (cycles per second)

kilo: Thousand

Kinematic viscosity: the time required for a fixed amount of an oil to flow through a capillary tube under the force of gravity. The unit of kinematic viscosity is the stoke or centistoke (1/100 of a stoke). Kinematic viscosity may be defined as the quotient of the absolute viscosity in centipoises divided by the specific gravity of a fluid, both at the same temperature--