kilometer
572
1.8
- noun
- /kɪˈlɑːmətər/
- US
:
kilómetro
- Five of these nine men have settled in a community only two kilometers away from Romema.
- kilometer is 1,000 meters
- 1 kilometer
- ten kilometers
So just take this, that's one kilometer and that's one kilometer.
- So just take this, that's one kilometer and that's one kilometer.
- Miles Is is kilometres more or less than that?
- Lightning has to jump from kilometres up into the sky, down through air.
- You mentioned that CMS is on the other side of this many kilometer long Collider.
- So the truth is, to be honest, we do not have a way now to deflect a kilometer size asteroid at all that could destroy a country.
Examples
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By my calculations, the Chinese border is 2,058 kilometers away.
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- We are a couple of kilometers from hospital.
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The next town is 27 kilometers away.
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Our headquarters is just about ten kilometers down the road, at the fork.
Fiction book (1991) -
80 kilometers away, a calf is seriously ill.
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Joao's father couldn't walk him the five kilometres to and from school because he had to work in the farm.
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Nearest extraction point is Darunta Dam, two kilometers due east from where you stand now.
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The next town is 27 kilometers away, making it a quick drive.
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We traveled 30 kilometers to reach the beautiful national park.
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It takes about an hour to walk one kilometer along this scenic route.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A measure of transport equal to moving 1000 kilograms of goods one kilometer
How Long
- Specialized
109
4.9
∞
1.0
- US
572
1.8
- Specialized
621
1.0
- US
92
1.0
- Specialized
140
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kilometer comes from kilo- meaning 'thousand' and metre meaning 'measure', the same root as the familiar unit meter, so it literally means 'a thousand measures' and is why a kilometer equals 1,000 metres.