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1865–70; shortened form
1865–70; shortened form
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Kilo
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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kilo-
a Greek combining form meaning “thousand,” introduced from French in the nomenclature of the metric system (kiloliter); on this model, used in the formation of compound words in other scientific measurements (kilowatt).
Origin:
< French, representing Greek chī́lioi a thousand
< French, representing Greek chī́lioi a thousand
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Word Origin & History
kilo
1870, shortening of kilogram. The prefix meaning "one thousand" was introduced in Fr. 1795, when the metric system was officially adopted there, from Gk. khilioi "thousand," of unknown origin. Slang shortening key (in drug trafficking) is attested from 1968.
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Medical Dictionary
kilo- pref.
One thousand (103): kilogram.
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Science Dictionary
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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