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)

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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.

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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

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1. kilometre

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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. Nangisan Lesiyampe:

   With the water a kilometer and a half away, women have time to do other daily chores. Hygiene at home is a priority now. Animals produce more milk, their weight is better (which helps) fetching good money on the market. And food is not a problem anymore.

2. 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.

3. Sami Kathim:

   They are dug between houses so that they can cross the street without the planes seeing them. They go down and split off into separate tunnels. This tunnel we're looking at here goes on for a kilometer, some others are 700, 800 meters.

4. Sang Dae Kim:

   At this point in time we can build a tower that is one kilometer, maybe two kilometers. Any higher than that and we will have to do a lot of homework.

5. Abu Sahman:

   We were about one kilometer from the main gate of Es Sider oil port, but we had to withdraw about two kilometers after Haftar's planes carried out air strikes, which killed two of our members and wounded three.

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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