kilo

  • 81kilo — [19] Khílioi was Greek for a ‘thousand’. It was adopted in French in the 1790s as the prefix for ‘thousand’ in expressions of quantity under the new metric system, and various compound forms (kilogram, kilolitre, kilometre, etc) began to find… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 82kilo- — [[t]kɪ̱lo ʊ [/t]] PREFIX Kilo is added to some nouns that refer to units of measurement in order to form other nouns referring to units a thousand times bigger. ...100 kilojoules of energy. ...an explosion of around 20 kilotons …

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  • 83kilo — n.m. Mille francs. / Jour de consigne. / Déposer un kilo, déféquer …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 84Kilo — Kilogramm: Die Bezeichnung für »Gewichtseinheit von 1 000 g«, dafür meist die Kurzform Kilo, wurde im 19. Jh. aus frz. kilogramme übernommen. Über dessen Grundwort vgl. den Artikel ↑ Gramm. Das Bestimmungswort, das auch in »Kilometer« (↑ Meter)… …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 85kilo- —    A prefix indicating 1000 in the metric system. Because computing is based on 10 powers of 2, kilo usually means 210, or 1024. To differentiate between these two uses, a lowercase k is used to indicate 1000 (as in kHz), and an uppercase K is… …

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  • 86kilo — ki|lo sb., et, kilo, ene (fork.: kg) …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 87kilo — s ( t, kilo) MÅTT …

    Clue 9 Svensk Ordbok

  • 88kilo- — {{#}}{{LM K23141}}{{〓}} {{[}}kilo {{]}} Forma compositiva que significa ‘mil’: • kilocaloría, kilohercio, kilolitro, kilovatio.{{○}} {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del griego khílion. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} Su símbolo es k (incorr. *K ), y no se… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 89kilo — nm. (abr. kilogramme) : KILO (Albanais, Balme Si., Bellecombe Bauges, Chambéry, Giettaz, Houches, Morzine, St Pancrace, Saxel, SAX.81a34), tyilô (Montagny Bozel). E. : Livre (nf.) …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 90kilo — [19] Khílioi was Greek for a ‘thousand’. It was adopted in French in the 1790s as the prefix for ‘thousand’ in expressions of quantity under the new metric system, and various compound forms (kilogram, kilolitre, kilometre, etc) began to find… …

    Word origins