kilometre


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kilometre

(kɪˈlɒmɪtə; ˈkɪləˌmiːtə) or

kilometer

n
(Units) one thousand metres, equal to 0.621371 miles. Symbol: km
kilometric, ˌkiloˈmetrical adj
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.kilometre - a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)kilometre - a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms
hectometer, hectometre, hm - a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
mym, myriameter, myriametre - a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
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Translations
kilometr
kilometer
kilometro
kilometri
kilometar
kilométer
kílómetri
キロメートル
킬로미터
kilometras
kilometrs
kilometer
kilometer
กิโลเมตร
kilomet

kilometre

kilometer (US) [ˈkɪləʊmiːtəʳ] Nkilómetro m
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kilometre

kilometer [kɪˈlɒmɪr] (US)
nkilomètre m
modif
a five-kilometre track → une piste de cinq kilomètres
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kilometre

, (US) kilometer
nKilometer m
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kilometre

[ˈkɪləʊˌmiːtəʳ] kilo£meter (Am) [kɪˈlɒmɪtəʳ] nchilometro
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kilometre

(American) kilometer (ˈkiləmiːtə) , (kiˈlomitə) noun
a unit of length, equal to 1,000 metres.
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kilometre

كِيلومِتْر kilometr kilometer Kilometer χιλιόμετρο kilómetro kilometri kilomètre kilometar chilometro キロメートル 킬로미터 kilometer kilometer kilometr quilómetro, quilômetro километр kilometer กิโลเมตร kilometre kilomet 公里
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References in classic literature ?
PLANISTON--(1) The Five Thousand Kilometre (overland) was won last year by L.
Ata's house stood about eight kilometres from the road that runs round the island, and you went to it along a winding pathway shaded by the luxuriant trees of the tropics.
The wave of light travels with a certain very nearly constant velocity, roughly 300,000 kilometres per second.
There he was, all these kilometres along the shores of the lake, silent, like a man who has been shown the way of peace.
During July to November 2018, Mepco has installed 1232 kilometre high tension lines across region and total length of HT lines reached to 75000 kilometre.
The race finishes on Sunday with a 199-kilometre stage that includes a 10.8-kilometre climb up Jebel Hafeet, which rises to more than a kilometre of altitude.
The approved development schemes included widening and improvement of the 31.5 kilometre road from Bucha Chattah to Harchoki via Kot Fazla Wazirke Dhargaiwala Botala Jhanda Singh and the 10.65 kilometre track from Dhargiwala to Alipur Chattah Nokhar Road, Gujranwala, at a cost of Rs721.22 million.
There will be water stations available from the first five kilometre mark and then every 2.5 kilometres.
Le premier au 38e kilometre a Mouzaia et le second au 93e kilometre a Khemis Miliana.
POPULATION DENSITY IS AMONG LOWEST IN EUROPE The average number of people per square kilometre in Scotland is 68, among the lowest of the EU countries.
Under the revised fare table, coaches/mini buses on 58-kilometre Peshawar-Mardan route will charge Rs50.46 at the rate of 87 paisa per kilometre, AC buses at 1.07 paisa/KM/passenger Rs62.06, ordinary buses at 72 paisa/KM/Passenger Rs41.76 and Luxury/Delux buses at 82 paisa/KM/ passenger Rs47.56.
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the implementation of project of four laning of 102 kilometre long Baharampur-Farakka sec-tion on National Highways NH-34 from kilometre 193 to kilometre 295 in the State of West Bengal under NHDP Phase-III on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis.