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KILOGRAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Example:

a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds

Synonyms:

kg; kilo; kilogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("kilogram" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "kilogram"):

hectogram; hg (100 grams)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kilogram"):

key (a kilogram of a narcotic drug)

Holonyms ("kilogram" is a part of...):

myg; myriagram (one ten thousandth of a centner)

Credits

 Context examples: 

That can increase food by 30 billion kilograms based on the calculation of at least 300 kilograms per 667 square meters.

(Saltwater Rice Successfully Harvested by Chinese Scientists, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Days times micromoles per liter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Day Times Micromole Per Liter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Days times micromoles per liter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).

(Day Times Micromole per Liter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Days times micromoles per liter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.

(Day Times Micromole per Liter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

Micrograms per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligrams per kilogram (dose normalized by weight).

(Microgram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in micrograms per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Microgram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

Milligrams per milliliter (concentration), divided by milligram per kilogram per day (daily dose normalized by body weight).

(Milligram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milligrams per milliliter, divided by milligram per kilogram per day.

(Milligram Per Milliliter Per Milligram Per Kilogram Per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit equal to one milliliter of preparation per one kilogram of body mass.

(Milliliter per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in milliliter(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.

(Milliliter per Kilogram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)