Kilometre
[kilәjmi:tә(r)]
Definition
(n.) A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
Edited by Joanne
Definition
n. a French measure being 1000 metres or nearly ⅝ of a mile.
Typist: Marcus
Examples
- At noon we were stuck in a muddy road about, as nearly as we could figure, ten kilometres from Udine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It's thirty-five kilometres. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It's some thirty kilometres from here. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Checker: Micawber