Meanings (ES + gloss)
kilogramo • quilogramo
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
Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram
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