kilometer

ˈkɪləˌmiːtər

Definition of kilometer - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

measurement

TECH.

metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters

TECH.

The marathon is 42.195 kilometers long.
The city is five kilometers away.
He ran a kilometer in four minutes.

kilometre

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Expressions with kilometer

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square kilometer

unit of area equal to one kilometer by one kilometer

The city covers 50 square kilometer.

cubic kilometer

unit of volume equal to one kilometer cubed

The reservoir holds about five cubic kilometers of water..

tonne-kilometer

unit measuring transport of one tonne over one kilometer

The company reported 5000 tonne-kilometers of cargo moved today..

Origin of kilometer

Greek, khilioi (thousand) + metron (measure)

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kay

distance

kilometer in informal speech

klick

measurement

unit of distance equal to one kilometer

km/hr

abbr.

abr: kilometer per hour

speed measured in kilometers traveled each hour

SKA

acr.

acr: Square Kilometer Array

large radio telescope project

tonne-kilometre

freight transport

unit measuring transport of one tonne over one kilometer

square kilometer

area measurement

unit of area equal to one kilometer by one kilometer

cubic kilometer

measurement

unit of volume equal to one kilometer cubed

tonne-kilometer

freight transport

unit measuring transport of one tonne over one kilometer

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French:kilomètre, ...
German:Kilometer, ...
Italian:chilometro, ...
Spanish:kilómetro, ...
Portuguese:quilómetro, ...
Chinese:公里, ...
Japanese:キロメートル, ...
Arabic:كِيلُومِتْر, ...
Hebrew:קִילוֹמֶטֶר, ...
Russian:километр, ...
Ukrainian:кілометр, ...
Hindi:किलोमीटर, ...
Bengali:কিলোমিটার, ...
Catalan:quilòmetre, ...
Czech:kilometr, ...
Danish:kilometer, ...
Dutch:kilometer, ...
Greek:χιλιόμετρο, ...
Hungarian:kilométer, ...
Khmer:គីឡូម៉ែត្រ, ...
Korean:킬로미터, ...
Persian:کیلومتر, ...
Polish:kilometr, ...
Portuguese (BR):quilômetro, ...
Romanian:kilometru, ...
Swedish:kilometer, ...
Thai:กิโลเมตร, ...
Turkish:kilometre, ...
Vietnamese:kilômét, ...

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Definition of kilometer - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

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