Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kilogram"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kilogram \Kil"o*gram\, Kilogramme \Kil"o*gramme\, n. [F.
kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) +
gramme. See 3d {Gram}.]
A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046
pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the
weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the
temperature of maximum density, or 39[deg] Fahrenheit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kilogram
n : one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the
System International d'Unites; "a kilogram is
approximately 2.2 pounds"; "they were carrying two keys
of heroin" [syn: {kg}, {kilo}, {key}]
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