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.

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1. kilometer

   A kilometer is a unit of length or distance in the metric system, equivalent to one thousand meters. It is commonly used in countries that have adopted the metric system for measuring distances between places.

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1. Kilometernoun

   alt. of Kilometre

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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. Richard Kuprewicz:

   My experience suggests this would be a darned hard leak to remotely determine quickly, an opening of this type, on a 17-mile-long (27-kilometer) underwater pipe is very hard to spot by remote indications. These crack-type releases are lower rate and can go for quite a while.

2. Glenn Phillips:

   It's a 1,400-kilometer boundary which we manage all the time with 700 rangers -- rangers that now must mainly focus on anti-poaching operations.

3. Army Brigadier General Ernie Audino:

   Each square kilometer they seize from ISIS is another square kilometer they have to secure and administer, and they are not receiving any additional resources from the U.S. or Baghdad to do this.

4. Maksym Stetsyna:

   There is only one solution : a 100-kilometer demilitarized zone.

5. Veenu Gupta:

   We have to do a very intensive survey within a 3 kilometer radius of where the first case was recorded.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kilometer
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Kilometer
6. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=Kilometer