Associations to the word «Kilogram»

Wiktionary

KILOGRAM, noun. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg
KILOGRAM, noun. (proscribed) Hence, the unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
KILOGRAM CALORIE, noun. The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by a degree centigrade: a unit of measure of energy.
KILOGRAM CALORIES, noun. Plural of kilogram calorie

Dictionary definition

KILOGRAM, noun. One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats