kilogrammetrekilometern.
/ˌkɪləɡramˈmiːtə/ The quantity of energy required to raise a weight of one kilogram to the height of one metre.
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1866 W. Odling Lect. Animal Chem. v. 104 It is convenient to apply the expression kilogram-metre to the product of the kilogrammes lifted into the metres of height.
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §314 The unit of work being always the amount represented by raising one kilogramme one mètre against terrestrial gravity, or the Kilogrammetre.
1878 A. Tolhausen Technol. Dict. (new ed.) Kilogrammeter.
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