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Definitions for kilometre
kilo·me·tre

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kilometer, kilometre, km, klicknoun

    a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

Wikipedia

  1. Kilometre

    The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the main unit used. The abbreviations k or K (pronounced ) are commonly used to represent kilometre, but are not recommended by the BIPM. A slang term for the kilometre in the US, UK, and Canadian militaries is klick.

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  1. kilometre

    A kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to one thousand meters. It is commonly used in most parts of the world to measure distance between places.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kilometrenoun

    a measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile

  2. Etymology: [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kilometre

    kil′o-mē-tr, n. a French measure, being 1000 metres, or nearly ⅝ of a mile. [Fr.,—Gr. chilioi, 1000, metron, a measure.]

Editors Contribution

  1. kilometre

    A specific and known unit or measure.

    A kilometre is a known amount of travel.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'kilometre' in Nouns Frequency: #2440

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kilometre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kilometre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of kilometre in a Sentence

  1. Huda Khalid:

    Because of the gas situation, I’ve literally stopped going further than a 9 kilometre radius.

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