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–noun Physics.

a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m Compare joule.

Also, especially British, kil·o·gramme-me·tre.

[Origin: 1865–70

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kilogram-meter
n.

A unit of energy and work in the meter-kilogram-second system, equal to the work performed by a one-kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter.

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Main Entry: kilogram–meter
Variant: or chiefly British kilogramme–metre
Function: noun
: the mks gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force : about 7.235 foot-pounds

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Kilogrammeter

Kil"o*gram*me`ter\, Kilogrammetre \Kil"o*gram*me`tre\, n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.

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