Kilometer
//kɪˈlɒmɪtə// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 US spelling of kilometre. US, alt-of
"When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing."
- 2 a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"There is a bridge about one kilometer up this river."
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
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