kilo- /kil-ə-, kil-ō-, kē-lə-, kē-lō- or ki-lo-/

1. In names of units, denoting a thousand times (10³), as in kilobar
2. (loosely) in units of computer storage capacity, denoting 1024 (2¹⁰)

kilˈobit noun (computing)

1. 1000 bits
2. (loosely) 1024 bits

kilˈobyte noun (computing)

1. 1000 bytes
2. (loosely) 1024 bytes

kilˈocalorie noun

1000 calories, a Calorie, used to measure energy content of food (see also calorie)

kilˈocycle or kilocycle per second noun

Kilohertz (see below)

kilˈogram or kilˈogramme noun

A base SI unit, the unit of mass (symbol kg), defined as the mass of a platinum-iridium cylinder (the International Prototype Kilogram) kept in Paris, equal to 2.205lb (kilˈogram-calorie same as kilocalorie above)

kilˈogray noun

1000 grays (see gray¹), used to measure the absorbed dose of radiation, eg in food irradiation

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