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kilo
1[kee-loh, kil-oh]
kilo-
2a 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 ).
kilo
2/ ˈ쾱ːəʊ /
noun
communications a code word for the letter k
kilo-
3prefix
k.denoting 10³ (1000)
kilometre
(in computer technology) denoting 2 10 (1024): kilobyte: in computer usage, kilo- is restricted to sizes of storage (e.g. kilobit ) when it means 1024; in other computer contexts it retains its usual meaning of 1000
쾱–
A prefix that means:
One thousand, as in kilowatt, one thousand watts.
2 10 (that is, 1,024), which is the power of 2 closest to 1,000, as in kilobyte.
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Origin of 쾱–1
Origin of 쾱–2
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Example Sentences
He said: "I've been a police officer for 20 years and in my experience the amount of cannabis on his lap is consistent with a kilo of cannabis."
One expert said a kilo of top tea from Africa could be sold for 100 times its cost if passed off as Scottish.
But Sajid claimed that Ms Wilson and Mr Paterson had stolen five kilos of cannabis which belonged to him.
Sheen instead sold the twenty kilos of gold - around a fifth of the toilet's gold - to an unknown buyer in Birmingham for £520,000.
Nottingham Crown Court heard James ran the UK end of an international operation that imported several hundred kilos of illegal drugs from the USA.
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When To Use
Kilo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “thousand.” It is often used in units of measure.Kilo- comes from Greek ī́Ǿ, meaning “a thousand.” The Latin translation of ī́Ǿ is mille, “a thousand,” which is the source of English terms such as millennium and millipede. To learn more, check out our entries for both words.
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