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kilometre

/ kɪˈlɒmɪtə, ˌkɪləʊˈmɛtrɪk, ˈkɪləˌmiːtə /

noun

  1. km.one thousand metres, equal to 0.621371 miles

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • kilometric adjective
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The incident followed more than a kilometre of close racing between the team-mates, which McLaren have pledged to allow to continue this season.

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A few kilometres away on the Mexican side of the border, a young man standing on top of a hill is one of the few signs of this so-called "invasion".

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Those who agreed dropped commuters several kilometres away.

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The band's SUV was found abandoned three days later a few kilometres away.

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A spool of tens of kilometres of cable is fitted to the bottom of a drone and the physical fibre optic cord is attached to the controller held by the pilot.

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