KILOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kilogram mean? 

• KILOGRAM (noun)
  The noun KILOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

  Familiarity information: KILOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kg; kilo; kilogram

Context example:

a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds

Hypernyms ("kilogram" is a kind of...):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Meronyms (parts of "kilogram"):

hectogram; hg (100 grams)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kilogram"):

key (a kilogram of a narcotic drug)

Holonyms ("kilogram" is a part of...):

myg; myriagram (one ten thousandth of a centner)

 Context examples 

A unit of specific radioactivity (massic activity) equal to activity of one microcurie of the sample with total mass of one kilogram.

(Microcurie per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Days times milligrams per milliliter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.

(Day Times Milligram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of a mass fraction expressed as a number of micrograms of substance per kilogram of mixture.

(Microgram per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to twenty-four hours.

(Microgram per Kilogram per Day, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit equal to one millionth of a gram of a preparation per one kilogram of body mass administered per unit of time equal to one minute.

(Microgram per Kilogram per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)

A dose calculation unit expressed in microgram(s) per kilogram per period of time equal to sixty minutes.

(Microgram per Kilogram per Hour, NCI Thesaurus)

Days times milligrams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Day Times Milligram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Days times milligrams per milliliter, divided by kilograms.

(Day Times Milligram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)

Days times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).

(Day Times Microgram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Days times micrograms per milliliter, divided by kilograms per meter squared.

(Day Times Microgram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)