
A kilometre (American English: kilometer, symbol: km) is a physical unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek language words ''khilia'' = thousand and ''metro'' = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 Foot (unit of length). Slang terms for kilometre include "klick" (sometimes spelt "click" or "klik") and "kay" (or "k"). All these slang terms can also refer to kilometre per hour. Unicode has symbols for "km" (㎞), for square kilometre (㎢) and for cubic kilometre (㎦); however, they are useful only in CJK texts, where they are equal in size to one Chinese character. hectometre << kilometre << megametre ==Pronunciation== Traditionally, the pronunciation of the word ''kilometre'' has placed the stress on the first syllable, in line with other metric prefixes. However, the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable is becoming more common. == See also == *Orders of magnitude, 1 E3 m *SI, SI prefix *mile, verst Units of length zh-min-nan:Kong-lí simple:Kilometre th:กิโลเมตร vi:Kilômét
== Spelling == According to Google, ''kilometer'' is 5 times more common than ''kilometre''. Is there an official standard for the spelling in English? One is the British spelling, (-tre) the other is the American spelling (-ter). Like Centre vs Center, Colour vs Color, etc. ---- So then, what's the standard spelling for Wikipedia? I've always assumed that it's American English, since there are more Americans and the site is based in America and whatnot. However, why are bot users going around and changing everything to English English spelling? Is there any justification for that besides the pain that English people have without their beloved colours and centres and whatnot? I'd like to know what the Wiki standard is before these changes go any further. Or farther. Or whatever. --User:Carlj7 04:14, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC) :[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Usage_and_spelling Here] is the policy you are after. For as long as you Americans keep the silly Imperial units, you have to live with our way of spelling SI units. :-) — User:Danc 14:17, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC) == slang term "k's" ? == I've often heard people (and myself) use "K's" (pronounced 'kays') as a slang term for kilometres. ie "Town is 20 k's down the road" . Do people think this warrants adding as a slang term along with clicks (which I've only seen used by US soldiers in books or movies)? - User:SimonLyall 00:47, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) :It is only spelled or also written. IMHO non useful, to me is not enciclopedicUser:AnyFile 21:55, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::Hi, sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by "only spelled or also written". Saying "kays" is very common in speech and does crop up in writing. Have a look at these google searches: [http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22kays+down+the+road%22&btnG=Search] , [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=+%22a+few+more+kays%22&btnG=Search] , [http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=+%22few+more+ks%22&btnG=Search] . User:SimonLyall 22:59, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::I was asking if it is used in writing User:AnyFile 20:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::::Yes it is, see the google links. Some of the usage are in articles rather than just quotes from diologue. Authors are from Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. Kays is a normal term in english speaking metric countries. User:SimonLyall 02:09, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::::In Oz, merely "K" is also used. "The town is 20 kay down the down" :Klicks is also used by civilians in Canada, where road signs and speedometers use kilometers. I don't think they use "K's". -- User:Curps 02:00, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) Are the terms "k" and "klick" used in any other languages? In Finland, people would look at me funny if I tried to use them. They wouldn't have a clue what I was on about. Finnish uses "kilo" as shorthand for the kilogram and "kilsa" for the kilometre. User:JIP — JIP | User talk:JIP 05:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC) == Pronunciation == I pronounce "kilometre" with the stress on the first syllable, and so do a significant minority (though admittedly it is a minority) of people I know. Is there a prescribed "correct" pronunciation? The section about this in the article itself seems to brook no dissent! User:Loganberry 23:47, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
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Words begining with Kilometre:
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Kilometre
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Kilometre
A kilometre (American English: kilometer, symbol: km) is a physical unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek language words ''khilia'' = thousand and ''metro'' = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 Foot (unit of length). Slang terms for kilometre include "klick" (sometimes spelt "click" or "klik") and "kay" (or "k"). All these slang terms can also refer to kilometre per hour. Unicode has symbols for "km" (㎞), for square kilometre (㎢) and for cubic kilometre (㎦); however, they are useful only in CJK texts, where they are equal in size to one Chinese character. hectometre << kilometre << megametre ==Pronunciation== Traditionally, the pronunciation of the word ''kilometre'' has placed the stress on the first syllable, in line with other metric prefixes. However, the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable is becoming more common. == See also == *Orders of magnitude, 1 E3 m *SI, SI prefix *mile, verst Units of length zh-min-nan:Kong-lí simple:Kilometre th:กิโลเมตร vi:Kilômét
Kilometre
== Spelling == According to Google, ''kilometer'' is 5 times more common than ''kilometre''. Is there an official standard for the spelling in English? One is the British spelling, (-tre) the other is the American spelling (-ter). Like Centre vs Center, Colour vs Color, etc. ---- So then, what's the standard spelling for Wikipedia? I've always assumed that it's American English, since there are more Americans and the site is based in America and whatnot. However, why are bot users going around and changing everything to English English spelling? Is there any justification for that besides the pain that English people have without their beloved colours and centres and whatnot? I'd like to know what the Wiki standard is before these changes go any further. Or farther. Or whatever. --User:Carlj7 04:14, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC) :[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Usage_and_spelling Here] is the policy you are after. For as long as you Americans keep the silly Imperial units, you have to live with our way of spelling SI units. :-) — User:Danc 14:17, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC) == slang term "k's" ? == I've often heard people (and myself) use "K's" (pronounced 'kays') as a slang term for kilometres. ie "Town is 20 k's down the road" . Do people think this warrants adding as a slang term along with clicks (which I've only seen used by US soldiers in books or movies)? - User:SimonLyall 00:47, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC) :It is only spelled or also written. IMHO non useful, to me is not enciclopedicUser:AnyFile 21:55, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::Hi, sorry I don't quite understand what you mean by "only spelled or also written". Saying "kays" is very common in speech and does crop up in writing. Have a look at these google searches: [http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22kays+down+the+road%22&btnG=Search] , [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=+%22a+few+more+kays%22&btnG=Search] , [http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=+%22few+more+ks%22&btnG=Search] . User:SimonLyall 22:59, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::I was asking if it is used in writing User:AnyFile 20:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::::Yes it is, see the google links. Some of the usage are in articles rather than just quotes from diologue. Authors are from Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. Kays is a normal term in english speaking metric countries. User:SimonLyall 02:09, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC) :::::In Oz, merely "K" is also used. "The town is 20 kay down the down" :Klicks is also used by civilians in Canada, where road signs and speedometers use kilometers. I don't think they use "K's". -- User:Curps 02:00, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC) Are the terms "k" and "klick" used in any other languages? In Finland, people would look at me funny if I tried to use them. They wouldn't have a clue what I was on about. Finnish uses "kilo" as shorthand for the kilogram and "kilsa" for the kilometre. User:JIP — JIP | User talk:JIP 05:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC) == Pronunciation == I pronounce "kilometre" with the stress on the first syllable, and so do a significant minority (though admittedly it is a minority) of people I know. Is there a prescribed "correct" pronunciation? The section about this in the article itself seems to brook no dissent! User:Loganberry 23:47, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
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