Dictionary of Meaning

---

<<Back
Please select a letter:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-9

Search:

Shopping-Bestseller-Search:   All Products Books DVD Elektronics Engl. Books Home, Garden & Hobby Do-It-Yourself Beauty & Bathroom Kitchen & Household Camera & Photo Music Music (Classical) PC Hardware Software Video-Games Magazines   Click here for Shopping

---

Kilometre

*** Shopping-Tip: Kilometre
A '''kilometre''' (American English American spelling: '''kilometer'''), symbol: '''km''' is a physical unit unit of length in the metric system equal to 1 000 metres (from the Greek language Greek words ''χίλια'' (''khilia'') = thousand and ''μέτÏ?ο'' (''metro'') = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1 094 yards or 3 281 Foot (unit of length) feet. Slang terms for kilometre include "klick" (sometimes spelt "click" or "klik") and "kay" (or "k"). These non-standard terms can also refer to kilometre per hour kilometres per hour.

Metric system
:''Main articles: Metric system and Metre'' Like the kilometre, all units of length in the metric system are based on the metre, by adding an SI prefix that stands for a power of ten, such as ''hecto'' for one hundred to form hectometre (0.1 kilometre) or ''mega'' for one million to form megametre (1 000 kilometres). The metre is not only the basis for all units of length in the metric system, but also of units of area (the square metre) and volume (the cubic metre). This extends to the kilometre, so one can have square and cubic kilometres. Unicode has symbols for "km" (㎞), for square kilometre (㎢) and for cubic kilometre (㎦); however, they are useful only in CJK texts, where they are equal in size to one Chinese character.

Pronunciation
In theory, the pronunciation of the word ''kilometre'' should have the stress placed on the first syllable, in line with other metric prefixes (as in ''kilogram'', ''Joule kilojoule'' and, analogous, ''kilobyte''). However, pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable is usual in English language English.

See also
hectometre << kilometre << megametre *Orders of magnitude, 1 E3 m *SI, SI prefix *mile, verst Category:Units of length af:Kilometer ar:كيلومتر bg:Километър be:КілÑ?мÑ?тар ca:Quilòmetre de:Kilometer et:Kilomeeter es:Kilómetro eo:kilometro fr:Kilomètre id:Kilometer ia:Kilometro is:Kílómetri it:Kílometro ja:キロメートル la:Chiliometrum zh-min-nan:Kong-lí nl:Kilometer nn:Kilometer no:Kilometer pl:Kilometr pt:Quilômetro ro:Kilometru ru:Километр simple:Kilometre sk:Kilometer sl:kilometer sr:Километар sv:Kilometer th:à¸?ิโลเมตร vi:Kilômét zh:å?ƒç±³

*** Shopping-Tip: Kilometre