kilogram

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Etymology

From French kilogramme.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/

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
2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Synonyms

• kilo
• kg

Translations

• French: kilogramme, kilo
• German: Kilogramm
• Italian: chilogrammo, chilo
• Portuguese: quilograma, kilograma
• Russian: килогра́мм
• Spanish: kilogramo, quilogramo

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