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kilometer
[ ki-lom-i-ter, kil-uh-mee‑ ]
noun
- a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1,000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. : km
kilometer
/ kĭ-lŏm′ĭ-tər,kĭl′ə-mē′tər /
- A unit of length in the metric system equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
- See Table at measurement
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Pronunciation Note
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Other Words From
- kil·o·met·ric [kil-, uh, -, me, -trik], kilo·metri·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kilometer1
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Example Sentences
That means it probably flew back up as much as a kilometer before coming back down.
Her clothes and purse were found a kilometer away with money still in her wallet.
Several people have been killed by artillery shells from Syria that landed on the Turkish side of the 900 kilometer border.
He also says the “spirit of Eataly is contrary to the Slow Food movement or zero kilometer initiative to eat local.”
“We are now losing 300 cubic kilometer of ice a year in Greenland,” said Wadhams.
I preset two forward radiators for forty kilometers at low condensation, with a three kilometer radius at surface.
And so it appeared to me, for the Germans were dropping their shells from the southeast, at least one kilometer over range.
The line of support was furthermore about one kilometer in the rear.
Suppose a difference of a millimeter in the cause produces a difference of a kilometer in the effect.
If I win in case the effect corresponds to a kilometer bearing an even number, my probability of winning will be 1/2.
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