kilon.1
/ˈkiːləʊ/, /ˈkɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈkiloʊ/, /ˈkɪloʊ/ = kilogram n.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > metric gram(me) > kilogram
kilogram1797
kilo1870
kg.1892
1870 Daily News 2 Dec. They provide the bread at 35 cent. a kilo, the same price as..in Belgium.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 77 The price for each hundred kilos of oil produced..varies according to the pressures.
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kilon.2
/ˈkiːləʊ/, /ˈkɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈkiloʊ/, /ˈkɪloʊ/ = kilometre n.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > metre > one thousand metres or kilometre
kilometre1810
kilo1888
km.1892
1888 E. Dowson Let. 13 Nov. (1967) 17 I hope..that you are now..laying in a stock of hygiene many kilos from this foggy, pestilent metrop.
1948 G. H. Johnston Death takes Small Bites viii. 195 They drove five kilos in silence.
1973 Evening Standard 11 Oct. 1/2 After bogging down in the sand by a wrecked tank, we dug ourselves out and hastily retreated a few kilos until we reached a tank laager.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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