Kilometer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kilometer \Kil"o*me`ter\, Kilometre \Kil"o*me`tre\, n. [F.
     kilometre. See {Kilogram}, and {Meter}.]
     A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to
     3,280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kilometer
       n : a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371
           miles) [syn: {kilometre}, {km}, {klick}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "kilometer":
     A, G, M, a, angstrom unit, astronomical unit, block, centimeter,
     chain, chiliad, chiliagon, chiliahedron, chiliarch, chiliarchia,
     cubit, decameter, decimeter, dekameter, ell, em, en, fathom,
     finger, foot, footstep, fur, furlong, grand, hand, inch, kilo,
     kilocycle, kilogram, kilohertz, kiloliter, lakh, league,
     light-year, line, link, meter, micron, mil, mile, millennium,
     millepede, milligram, milliliter, myriad, myriameter, nail,
     one hundred thousand, pace, palm, parsec, perch, pica, point, pole,
     rod, step, stride, ten thousand, thou, thousand, wavelength,
     yard