kilogram
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
The English word “kilogram” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
- The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Etymology
Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.
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