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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kilogram \Kil"o*gram\, Kilogramme \Kil"o*gramme\, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr chi`lioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d {Gram}.] A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39[deg] Fahrenheit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kilogram n : one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the System International d'Unites [syn: {kg}, {kilo}, {key}]
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