Definitions for KILOMETER
kilo·me·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kilometer, kilometre, km, klicknoun

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kilometer

   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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilometernoun

   alt. of Kilometre

WikidataRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. Kilometer

   The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres. It is now the measurement unit used officially 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 official unit used. k is occasionally used in some English-speaking countries as an alternative for the word kilometre in everyday writing and speech. A slang term for the kilometre in the U.S. military is klick.

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilometer

   A compound unit; one thousand meters; 3280.899 feet; 0.621382 statute miles. (See Meter.)

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1. • Metric Linear Unit

Anagrams for KILOMETER »

1. kilometre

How to pronounce KILOMETER?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of KILOMETER in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of KILOMETER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of KILOMETER in a Sentence

1. Chris Kozak:

   A number of signs, including a higher concentration of air strikes, the movement of Russian artillery support for regime forces, and a variety of skirmishes near a 3-to-4 kilometer gap that still keeps Aleppo City from being besieged, all show that they are getting ready to move.

2. Gaggan Anand:

   My house was one kilometer from here, my earliest memory was when I was with my dad, holding his hand, shopping. This is what has brought me to the culture of food, where I am today.

3. Ian Tomaszewski:

   There's a lot of opportunities for the structure, tourism is one. You'd have a great sight of the earth at 20 kilometers up, you'd see about 1,000 kilometers in any direction. Communications. So right now geostationary satellites, once they're up there you can't really service them. If we had facilities on the tower it would have that same 1,000 kilometer range and you'd be able to service them.

4. Johnny Rodrigues:

   They went hunting at night with a spotlight, and they spotted Cecil, they tied a dead animal to their vehicle to lure Cecil out of the park, and they scented an area about half a kilometer from the park.

5. Anatoly Aronov:

   People are curious to see the history made in front of them, we will be one kilometer away from the front at the very closest. But not any closer. It's safe. On no occasion will we be giving weapons to tourists.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=KILOMETER
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometer
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/KILOMETER
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=KILOMETER
5. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=KILOMETER