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kilometre

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/ kɪˈlɒmɪtə, ˌkɪləʊˈmɛtrɪk, ˈkɪləˌmiːtə /

noun

  1.  km.  one thousand metres, equal to 0.621371 miles

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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New observing facilities, like the Square Kilometre Array currently under construction, are expected to study the Flying Fox and provide new insights into the nature and history of this unusual object.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

At Murchison, which is to be the Australian site of the giant Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, she helped to establish what is probably the world’s largest radio-quiet zone, at more than 500 kilometres across.

From Scientific American • Mar. 9, 2023

“There was a unique coming together,” says Theunis Kotzé, head of legal at the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 27, 2023

Kilometre Zero: There’s a delay to the start of racing to give a couple of riders time to get punctures fixed.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2021

Kilometre Square Yard = 8361⁄10000 = 10000⁄11960 = 5⁄6� 306⁄305� 15250⁄15249 ...

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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