Added 9 October 2026
kilogram
/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ noun
In Latin: kilogramma, chiliogramma Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about kilogram at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- 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 .mw-parser-output .texhtml{font-family:"Nimbus Roman No9 L","Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:118%;line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;font-feature-settings:"lnum","tnum","kern"0;font-variant-numeric:lining-nums tabular-nums;font-kerning:none}.mw-parser-output .texhtml .texhtml{font-size:100%}h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 when expressed in units of kg⋅m⋅s. Symbol: kg
- The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Origin
Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.
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