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Kilogram
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Kilogram
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Kilogram has 1 sense
- kilogram(n = noun.quantity) kg, kilo - one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds" is a kind of metric weight unit, weight unit
has parts: hectogram, hg
has particulars: key
is a part of myg, myriagram
CIDE DICTIONARY
Kilogram, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d Gram.].
A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Kilogram, n. (also -gramme) the SI unit of mass, equivalent to the international standard kept at S{egrave}vres near Paris (approx. 2.205 lb.).
Usage
Abbr.: kg.
Etymology
F kilogramme (as KILO, GRAM(1))
ROGET THESAURUS
Kilogram
Gravity
N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.
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