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  • noun UK, Canada (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres.

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  • noun a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)

Etymologies

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From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khilioi, "thousand") + μέτρον (metron, "measure").

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Examples

  • I discovered that I was unable to get further than about a kilometre from the plateau before the compulsion to return became undeniable.

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  • I discovered that I was unable to get further than about a kilometre from the plateau before the compulsion to return became undeniable.

    365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • Also, the hybrid price per kilometre is over four times better that of the petrol engine (to say nothing of the presumed range) and a third better than the electric, but even still given a cost of 200 yen per litre, I make it that one would need to drive over 100,000 kilometres to pay back the price.

    Nature-loving Japan? Part 3 of 3 2008

  • In the United Kingdom, apparently, you need a license to protest within a kilometre from the Mother of all Parliaments.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • It reminds the ancient scribe of that long-ago spat between Gough Whitlam and Clyde Cameron about how the word kilometre should rightly be pronounced.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Paul Chandler told ITV News he and his wife were being held aboard a container ship anchored about a kilometre from the Somali coast.

    IrishExaminer.com 2009

  • The policeman was at a Georgian checkpoint near the central city of Gori about a kilometre from the Russian post, Interior Ministry official Shota Utiashvili said.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • The people there have to use satellite to make a call a kilometre away and the limited DSL is very expensive - we will try to push the envelope a little and experiment with voice and data.

    Computerworld News 2010

  • The people there have to use satellite to make a call a kilometre away and the limited DSL is very expensive - we will try to push the envelope a little and experiment with voice and data.

    Computerworld News 2010

  • The people there have to use satellite to make a call a kilometre away and the limited DSL is very expensive - we will try to push the envelope a little and experiment with voice and data.

    Computerworld News 2010

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