Concept information
Preferred term
0112/2///62720#UAD720kilogramme
Definition
- The kilogram or kilogramme (SI symbol: kg), also known as the kilo, is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units and is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK), which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter of water. The avoirdupois (or international) pound, used in both the Imperial system and U.S. customary units, is defined as exactly 0.45359237 kg, making one kilogram approximately equal to 2.2046 avoirdupois pounds.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- M85 Assay Ton (en)
- D43 Atomic mass unit (en)
- CTM Carat (en)
- CGM Centigram (en)
- DJ Decagram (en)
- DG Decigram (en)
- DTN DeciTonne (en)
- DRI Dram (UK) (en)
- DRA Dram (US) (en)
- M⊕ Earth mass (en)
- fg FemtoGram (en)
- GRN Grain (en)
- GRM Gram (en)
- HGM Hectogram (en)
- [scwt_av] Hundred Weight - Short (en)
- 0112/2///62720#UAA405 Hundredweight (UK) (en)
- CWA Hundredweight (US) (en)
- KTN KiloTonne (en)
- CWI Long Hundred Weight (en)
- LTN Long Ton (en)
- M☾ Lunar mass (en)
- 2U Megagram (en)
- Mtn megaton (en)
- Mt megatonne (en)
- dt Metric DeciTON (en)
- kt Metric KiloTON (en)
- 0112/2///62720#UAA988 Metric Ton (en)
- MC Microgram (en)
- MGM Milligram (en)
- momme (pearl) Momme (pearl) (en)
- momme (textile) Momme (textile) (en)
- ng Nanogram (en)
- ONZ Ounce Mass (en)
- ONZ Ounce Mass (en)
- APZ Ounce Troy (en)
- DWT Penny Weight (en)
- 0112/2///62720#UAB182 Pennyweight (en)
- M86 pfund (en)
- pg Picograms (en)
- planckmass Planck Mass (en)
- LBR Pound Mass (en)
- LBR Pound Mass (en)
- LBT Pound Troy (en)
- QTR Quarter (UK) (en)
- STN Short Ton (en)
- F13 Slug (en)
- S Solar mass (en)
- STI Stone (UK) (en)
- TNE Ton (en)
- t Tonne (en)
- ton{UK} Ton (UK) (en)
- ton{US} Ton (US) (en)
- u Unified Atomic Mass Unit (en)
Note
- The kilogram or kilogramme (SI symbol: kg), also known as the kilo, is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units and is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK), which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter of water. The avoirdupois (or international) pound, used in both the Imperial system and U.S. customary units, is defined as exactly 0.45359237 kg, making one kilogram approximately equal to 2.2046 avoirdupois pounds.
Notation
- 0112/2///62720#UAA594
- 0112/2///62720#UAD720
- kg
- KGM
In other languages
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كيلوغرام
Arabic
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килограм
Bulgarian
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公斤
Chinese
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kilogram
Czech
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English
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German
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χιλιόγραμμο
Greek
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קילוגרם
Hebrew
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किलोग्राम
Hindi
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kilogramm*
Hungarian
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Italian
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キログラム
Japanese
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chiliogramma
Latin
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kilogram
Malay
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کیلوگرم
Persian
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kilogram
Polish
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quilograma
Portuguese
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kilogram
Romanian
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килограмм
Russian
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kilogram
Slovenian
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Spanish
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kilogram
Turkish
URI
https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/unit/KiloGM
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