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kilogram
[kil-uh-gram]
noun
a unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI). Up until 2019 the kilogram was defined as equal to the mass of an international prototype, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. The kilogram has since been redefined in terms of universal physical constants, including the speed of light and Planck's constant. kg
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. kg
kilogram
/ ˈɪəʊˌɡæ /
noun
one thousand grams
the basic SI unit of mass, equal to the mass of the international prototype held by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. One kilogram is equivalent to 2.204 62 pounds
kilogram
The basic unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds).
See Table at measurement
kilogram
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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Example Sentences
The Akashas promised to provide hundreds of kilograms more of each drug.
Workers have planted 285,000 trees to mitigate its significant environmental impact - offsetting more than seven million kilograms of CO2 a year - in a country which declared a climate emergency six years ago.
The district found lead at over three times the state’s allowable limit of 80 milligrams per kilogram of soil next to Blair High School’s tennis courts and over double the limit at four elementary schools.
More than one-third of samples collected within the Eaton burn scar exceeded California’s health standard of 80 milligrams of lead per kilogram of soil, Roux found.
When the synthetic compound was force-fed to rats at doses of 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for two years, the animals developed kidney cancer and other forms of renal disease.
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