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kilogramme

kilogramme is the alternative spelling of kilogram.

Meaning of kilogram

Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
    • Holonyms: megagram < gigagram
  2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
    • A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]1990, Central Asia, numbers 26-27, page 137

Forms of kilogramme

pluralkilogrammes

Origin of kilogramme

Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gramme.

Questions about kilogramme

What is kilogramme the alternative spelling of?
Kilogramme is the alternative spelling of kilogram.

Words near kilogramme in the dictionary

  1. kilogram-meter
  2. kilogram-meters
  3. kilogram-metre
  4. kilogram-metres
  5. kilogrammage
  6. kilogramme
  7. kilogrammes
  8. kilogrammeter
  9. kilogrammeters
  10. kilogrammetre
  11. kilogrammetres

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