kilogram

Meanings

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   noun

   A unit of mass equal to one thousand grams, used in the metric system.

   This bag of rice weighs five kilograms.

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Simplified etymology

Kilogram was coined in France during the development of the metric system in the 1790s and was officially defined as kilogramme in 1795. It combines kilo-, from Greek kilio “thousand,” with gram, which came through Latin from Greek gramma “small weight.”

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

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