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kilo
1[ kee-loh, kil-oh ]
kilo-
2- a Greek combining form meaning “thousand,†introduced from French in the nomenclature of the metric system ( kiloliter ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words in other scientific measurements ( kilowatt ).
kilo-
1prefix
- denoting 10³ (1000) k
kilometre
- (in computer technology) denoting 2 10(1024): kilobyte: in computer usage, kilo- is restricted to sizes of storage (e.g. kilobit ) when it means 1024; in other computer contexts it retains its usual meaning of 1000
kilo
3/ ˈ°ì¾±Ë±ôəʊ /
noun
- communications a code word for the letter k
°ì¾±±ô´Ç–
- A prefix that means:
- One thousand, as in kilowatt, one thousand watts.
- 2 10 (that is, 1,024), which is the power of 2 closest to 1,000, as in kilobyte.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kilo1
Origin of kilo2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of kilo1
Example Sentences
But the court heard within two days of the heist, Sheen was looking for buyers, offering gold at about £25,500 per kilo.
She began Thursday's morning press briefing by referring to new figures from the US Customs and Border Protection agency which show seizures of fentanyl have dropped to 263 kilos, their lowest levels in 3 years.
"We could barely afford to buy a kilo of tomatoes just to satisfy our hunger," said one man, Issam, adding that people could not buy food "because there is no cash liquidity".
You'd have to weigh in in the mornings, you would step on the scales and find you had lost a kilo because you haven't had enough dinner the night before.
A mild winter and relatively warm spring led to a bumper crop last year, with Sicilian growers getting as much as 5.50 euros per kilo even as lemon growers earned as little as 1.22 euros.
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