Associations to the word «Kilometre»

Wiktionary

KILOMETRE, noun. (British spelling) (Canadian spelling) (Australian, New Zealand, Irish and South African spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres.

Dictionary definition

KILOMETRE, noun. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).

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