Kilometre

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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]:

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