kilogram

Meanings

Plural: kilograms

Noun

• one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
  • "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds"
• In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
• The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Synonyms

kg, kilo