kilogram

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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

   Holonyms: megagram < gigagram

2. 2
   noun

   The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

   A nan (bread) costs 25 Afghanis : a kilogram of beef 800 Afghanis and mutton of the same weight for 1200 Afghanis; […]

3. 3
   noun

   one thousand grams

Etymology

Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.