kil⋅o⋅gram
[kil-uh-gram] 
əˌgræm
| 1. | a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the base SI unit of mass, equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg |
| 2. | a unit of force and weight, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of 9.80665 meters per second per second when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kg |
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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.Cite This Source
kilogram [(kil-uh-gram, kee-luh-gram)]
A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to one thousand grams. The weight of a one-kilogram mass is slightly over two pounds.
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Main Entry: ki·lo·gram
Variant: or chiefly British ki·lo·gramme /'kil-&-"gram, 'kE-l&-/
Function: noun
1 : the base unit of mass in the International System of Units that is equal to the mass of a prototype agreed upon by international convention and that is nearly equal to the mass of 1000 cubiccentimeters of water at the temperature of its maximum density
2 : a unit of force equal to the weight of a kilogram mass under a gravitational attraction equal to that of theearth
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kilogram kil·o·gram (kĭl'ə-grām')
n.
Abbr. kg The base unit of mass in the International System of Units, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2046 pounds).
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The basic unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds). See Table at measurement. |
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kilogram
basic unit of mass in the metric system, equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures laboratory at Sevres, France. A kilogram is very nearly equal (it was originally intended to be exactly equal) to the mass of 1,000 cubic cm of water. The pound is now defined as equal to 0.45359237 kg, exactly. As originally defined, the kg was represented in the late 18th century as a solid cylinder of platinum. Measurements of the mass of a volume of water proved to be imprecise and inconvenient to make, however, and the platinum artifact itself became the standard. It was superseded in 1889 by the present standard kilogram, also a solid cylinder, of height equal to its diameter, made of the same alloy as the standard metre bar then in use. See also International System of Units.
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