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- Keratosis pilaris, a human genetic disorder, also known as "chicken skin"
- Kilogram-force ("kilopond"), a unit measure of force
- Kilopascal (kP), a unit of pressure
- Kilopixel (1,000 pixels), a measure of image resolution
- Kp (digraph)
- Kp index, a measure of the global average geomagnetic potential
- Kripke-Platek set theory, a mathematical axiom system
- Keypulse signal of R1 multi-frequency signaling
- Kp, the equilibrium constant expressed in terms of pressures
- Knowledge-based processor, a technology used in computer sciences
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