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for Kilogram
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Kilogram \Kil"o*gram\, Kilogramme \Kil"o*gramme\, n. [F.
kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) +
gramme. See 3d Gram.]
A measure of mass and weight, being a thousand grams, equal
to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is
nearly equal to the mass of a cubic decimeter of distilled
water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39[deg]
Fahrenheit. See 3rd gram.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Kilogrammeter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
kilogram
n 1: one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under
the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is
approximately 2.2 pounds" [syn: kilogram, kg, kilo]
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