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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kilometre.

   "It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter."

Synonyms

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kilometre

Example

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"It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter."

Etymology

Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land.

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