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Kilometers - Definition and Overview

A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 feet.

Slang terms for kilometre include "klick" (sometimes spelt "click" or "klik" ) and "kay". All these slang terms can also refer to kilometres per hour.

Unicode has symbols for "km" (㎞), for square kilometre (㎢) and for cubic kilometre (㎦).

hectometre << kilometre << megametre

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Example Usage of Kilometers
iRun_not_Jog: Ran 2 Kilometers in 13 mins and 27 secs and felt good. Did a 2km warm up before my strength workout... amazing how s... http://bit.ly/5AQ496
svelo: Rode 6.55 Kilometers in 15 mins and felt blah. Ugh, got a headache after 10min on the rollers, I blame it on lack of coffee.
nopayne: If you don't like "Air and Kilometers" you might as well go ahead and kill yourself.
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