Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation kilometer
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
kilometer .
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- abbreviation metrology Symbol for the
kilometer (kilometre ), anSI unit oflength equal to 103meters (metres ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
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Examples
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The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 mile (1.2 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1900 acres (7.7 km²).
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The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 mile (1.2 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1900 acres (7.7 km²).
WN.com - Articles related to Cotabato LGU to review ban on open-pit mining 2010
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The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 mile (1.2 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1900 acres (7.7 km²).
WN.com - Articles related to Strong market, higher prices help lift margins: Sesa Goa MD 2010
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Length about 55.8 km, depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about 3263 m over sea level and volume of water is more than 16 km³.
WN.com - Articles related to How clean is Seattle's drinking water? 2010
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Length about 55.8 km, depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about 3263 m over sea level and volume of water is more than 16 km³.
WN.com - Articles related to How clean is Seattle's drinking water? 2010
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The Cyr property is located 2 km east of Groundhog and covers a 6.6 km² area.
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Two miles (3 km) eastward from the shore lies a chain of deep and narrow ponds, eight miles long (13 km), of an average width of three-quarters of a mile, and covering an area of 3,500 acres (14 km²).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The Grayling property lies 13 km southeast of the Groundhog property and covers a 4.2 km² area.
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In the restricted zones which I believe are 50 km from the coast line and 100 km from the frontier, a foreigner may not buy land in fee simple.
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I find that the calculated distances from Jerez, ZAC to Saltillo, COA of 409 to 519 km is correct within 50 km (abut 30 miles) as measured on my trip odometer and the time calculated at 4: 43 minutes to be within range of the 4: 30 minutes I have experienced over the years via the old two lane highway with good surface.
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