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kilometer
/kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
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What does kilometer mean?
noun
- US spelling of kilometre.
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/kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
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I know a place where under favorable illumination taut, white and very thin telephone wires may be seen at a distance of more than a kilometer.
The average price charged for the transportation of merchandise by the old method is eighteen centimes per ton and kilometer, the merchandise taken and delivered at the warehouses.
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When that day comes, the meter, a long yard, will replace the yard, the liter, the quart (being smaller than a dry and larger than a liquid quart), the kilogram will replace the pound, being equal to 2.2 pounds, and the kilometer (.6 mi.) will replace the mile.