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kilogram-meter
especially British, 쾱··-·ٰ
[kil-uh-gram-mee-ter]
noun
Physics.
a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. kg-m
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kilogram-meter1
First recorded in 1865–70
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