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How many millikip in 1 ton [short, US]? The answer is 2000. We assume you are converting between millikip and ton [short, US]. You can view more details on each measurement unit: millikip or ton [short, US] The SI base unit for mass is the kilogram. 1 kilogram is equal to 2.2046226218488 millikip, or 0.0011023113109244 ton [short, US]. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between millikips and tons. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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The SI prefix "milli" represents a factor of 10-3, or in exponential notation, 1E-3.
So 1 millikip = 10-3 kips.
The definition of a kip is as follows:
In the United States, a kip is sometimes a unit of mass that equals 1,000 avoirdupois pounds (used to compute shipping charges), or more often a unit of force that equals 1,000 pounds force (used to measure engineering loads). Its symbol is kip. The name comes from combining the words "kilo" and "pound", thus 1,000 pounds; it is called a kilopound, sometimes using the same symbol kip or sometimes klb.
The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 2000 lb (exactly 907.18474 kg). In the United States it is often called simply "ton" without distinguishing it from the metric ton (or tonne) and the long ton —rather, the other two are specifically noted. There are, however, some U.S. applications for which "tons", even if unidentified, are usually long tons (e.g., Navy ships) or metric tons (e.g., world grain production figures).
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