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kilometer

/kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/

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What does kilometer mean?

noun

  1. US spelling of kilometre.

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/kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/

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/ˈkɪl.əˌmi.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.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
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.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
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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.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987