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What (who) is kilometre - definition

UNIT OF LENGTH EQUAL TO 1,000 METERS

Kilometer; Km; Kilometres; Kilometers; Klick (unit of length); ㎞; Kilometrage; Kilo meter; Kilo meters; Klick (kilometer); Chilometre

kilometre

(kilometres)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Note: in AM, use 'kilometer'

A kilometre is a metric unit of distance or length. One kilometre is a thousand metres and is equal to 0.62 miles.

...about twenty kilometres from the border...

The fire destroyed some 40,000 square kilometres of forest.

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Kilometre

·noun A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.

kilometre

['k?l??mi:t?, k?'l?m?t?]

(US kilometer) (abbrev.: km)

¦ noun a metric unit of length equal to 1,000 metres (approximately 0.62 miles).

Derivatives

kilometric adjective

Origin

C18: from Fr. kilometre (see kilo-, metre¹).

Usage

There are two possible pronunciations for kilometre: one with the stress on the ki- and the other with the stress on the -lo-. The first is traditionally considered the correct one, while the second is still regarded as incorrect by some people, especially in British English.

Wikipedia

Kilometre

The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American English and Philippine 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre

Examples of use of kilometre

1. A three–kilometre protection zone and a 10 kilometre surveillance zone also remain in place around the farm site.

2. The new airport includes a 2.4 kilometre runway, a 1.8 kilometre taxiway, access ramps, 6.5 kilometres of drainage works and a traffic control tower.

3. Most of Afghanistan‘s '30–kilometre border with Iran and the 2,240–kilometre border with Pakistan are scantily patrolled and largely porous.

4. About two–thirds of the 12–kilometre (7–mile) wall was demolished.

5. "The satellite covers every square kilometre worldwide, including Iran," Mr Eckhaus said.