Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kilometer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kilometer \Kil"o*me`ter\, Kilometre \Kil"o*me`tre\, n. [F.
kilometre. See {Kilogram}, and {Meter}.]
A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to
3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kilometer
n : a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371
miles) [syn: {kilometre}, {km}, {klick}]
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