Kilometre
noun
A unit of distance equal to 1,000 meters.
The supermarket is two kilometres from my house.
Often appears as...
- square kilometre
- kilometre per hour
noun
A unit of distance equal to 1,000 meters.
The supermarket is two kilometres from my house.
Often appears as...
- square kilometre
- kilometre per hour
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Measurement Units
Often used with other units to describe area or speed.
The car was going 80 kilometres per hour.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Prefixes
Combined with 'milli-', 'centi-', 'deci-' to indicate fractions of a kilometre.
The track is 200 metres, or 0.2 kilometres long.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographical Context
Used to express distances between locations in many countries.
The next town is 5 kilometres west of here.
Pro Tip 1/3Measurement Units
Often used with other units to describe area or speed.
The car was going 80 kilometres per hour.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Prefixes
Combined with 'milli-', 'centi-', 'deci-' to indicate fractions of a kilometre.
The track is 200 metres, or 0.2 kilometres long.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographical Context
Used to express distances between locations in many countries.
The next town is 5 kilometres west of here.
Pro Tip 1/3Measurement Units
Often used with other units to describe area or speed.
The car was going 80 kilometres per hour.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Prefixes
Combined with 'milli-', 'centi-', 'deci-' to indicate fractions of a kilometre.
The track is 200 metres, or 0.2 kilometres long.
Pro Tip 3/3Geographical Context
Used to express distances between locations in many countries.
The next town is 5 kilometres west of here.
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Raging Rhino Charge PIPE...
These rhinos are going to go to a farm, which is probably about 200 kilometres away, but it is dirt road, so, it's going to take us about three, three and a half hours to get there. On game, especially rhino, we'll escort the animals all the way to the farm. I think it's really important for rhino. They're special animals.
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Iceland's secret power -...
high-temperature geothermal fields; regions hotter than 180 degrees and typically several kilometres underground. These high temperature zones are hard to find, and drilling this deep for just one of the several wells a plant will need
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Solar System Exploration:...
springs basically on the seafloor cut off from the sunlight down there for kilometres at depth no sunlight incredible pressure quite cold and yet what they found was that life doesn't just exist at these hydrothermal vents life thrives
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Cheetahs are Incredible...
tear lines running from the inside of their eye down to the mouth these lines are thought to help protect cheetahs vision from glare and allow them to see fantastic distances of up to five kilometres this means they can see their
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To the North Pole in...
we felt that small we were one thousand kilometres from the nearest people but then was fine because we knew that we here we have nothing to say here the nature is the boss we just have to be careful and humble and do the right
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
them to obviously roar and call out as loud as possible and it's said it can even be heard up to seven kilometres away if the way there allows for it of course if there's winds bad weather other noise then of course the roars
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Canada's Wild Rivers -...
groundwater from surrounding landscapes and move it across thousands of kilometres bringing it to our towns our cities and eventually all the way to the ocean they're an integral part of the world's hydrological cycle
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Spotting the World's...
And then they fold their wings back and get this incredibly aerodynamic form before plummeting down, making them the fastest animal in the world. Travelling at speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour.
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A vision for the future...
kilometres west of Kabul its villas its structures from 1880 to 1930 were ground to dust it's Gardens have been destroyed we've restored everything and now it's a
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A journey around the...
so many days so many kilometres I bet you you on me just one step at a time really but every step is important so I had this trick for my mind you know
Video examples
Raging Rhino Charge PIPE...
These rhinos are going to go to a farm, which is probably about 200 kilometres away, but it is dirt road, so, it's going to take us about three, three and a half hours to get there. On game, especially rhino, we'll escort the animals all the way to the farm. I think it's really important for rhino. They're special animals.
Video examples
Iceland's secret power -...
high-temperature geothermal fields; regions hotter than 180 degrees and typically several kilometres underground. These high temperature zones are hard to find, and drilling this deep for just one of the several wells a plant will need
Video examples
Solar System Exploration:...
springs basically on the seafloor cut off from the sunlight down there for kilometres at depth no sunlight incredible pressure quite cold and yet what they found was that life doesn't just exist at these hydrothermal vents life thrives
Video examples
Cheetahs are Incredible...
tear lines running from the inside of their eye down to the mouth these lines are thought to help protect cheetahs vision from glare and allow them to see fantastic distances of up to five kilometres this means they can see their
Video examples
To the North Pole in...
we felt that small we were one thousand kilometres from the nearest people but then was fine because we knew that we here we have nothing to say here the nature is the boss we just have to be careful and humble and do the right
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
them to obviously roar and call out as loud as possible and it's said it can even be heard up to seven kilometres away if the way there allows for it of course if there's winds bad weather other noise then of course the roars
Video examples
Canada's Wild Rivers -...
groundwater from surrounding landscapes and move it across thousands of kilometres bringing it to our towns our cities and eventually all the way to the ocean they're an integral part of the world's hydrological cycle
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
And then they fold their wings back and get this incredibly aerodynamic form before plummeting down, making them the fastest animal in the world. Travelling at speeds of more than 300 kilometres per hour.
Video examples
A vision for the future...
kilometres west of Kabul its villas its structures from 1880 to 1930 were ground to dust it's Gardens have been destroyed we've restored everything and now it's a
Video examples
A journey around the...
so many days so many kilometres I bet you you on me just one step at a time really but every step is important so I had this trick for my mind you know
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Quote examples
David Lammy
British Politician
The great thing about running is that so often you wake up and you think: 'I really don't feel like this.' And even when you're up and out, that first kilometre is tough. But then once you get to 3km and you're getting to the end of the run, it's really fantastic.
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Clara Hughes
Canadian Athlete
I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.
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Ant Middleton
English Soldier
I might wake up in the morning and go out for a six- to eight-mile run, and then in the afternoon, I might swim two or three kilometres. The next day, I'll mix it up and do a military circuit. I don't stick to a set programme.
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Beauden Barrett
New Zealander Athlete
I live in Wellington now but I love going back to the farm where all you can hear are the cows or the sea crashing in about a kilometre away. Our uncle's farm is on the beach and we are one up from that towards the mountain.
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Frei Otto
German Architect
Why should we build very large spaces when they are not necessary? We can design halls spanning several kilometres and covering a whole city, but we have to ask, what does it really make? What does society really need?
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Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
It turns out all molecular and biological systems have speeds of the atoms move inside them; the fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations, and this speed is about a kilometre per second.
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Valentina Tereshkova
Russian Astronaut
It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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Chloe Esposito
Australian Athlete
I know everyone thinks Dad is a little bit crazy with his training, because we train a lot harder and do more kilometres and stuff than most pentathletes. Training is full-on. It's seven or eight hours a day.
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Deborah Mailman
Australian Actress
I grew up with horses and cattle, running around on dirt hills with this real sense of space. We didn't have neighbours - well, the nearest ones were kilometres away.
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Anthony Albanese
Australian Politician
Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.
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David Lammy
British Politician
The great thing about running is that so often you wake up and you think: 'I really don't feel like this.' And even when you're up and out, that first kilometre is tough. But then once you get to 3km and you're getting to the end of the run, it's really fantastic.
Quote examples
Clara Hughes
Canadian Athlete
I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.
Quote examples
Ant Middleton
English Soldier
I might wake up in the morning and go out for a six- to eight-mile run, and then in the afternoon, I might swim two or three kilometres. The next day, I'll mix it up and do a military circuit. I don't stick to a set programme.
Quote examples
Beauden Barrett
New Zealander Athlete
I live in Wellington now but I love going back to the farm where all you can hear are the cows or the sea crashing in about a kilometre away. Our uncle's farm is on the beach and we are one up from that towards the mountain.
Quote examples
Frei Otto
German Architect
Why should we build very large spaces when they are not necessary? We can design halls spanning several kilometres and covering a whole city, but we have to ask, what does it really make? What does society really need?
Quote examples
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian Scientist
It turns out all molecular and biological systems have speeds of the atoms move inside them; the fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations, and this speed is about a kilometre per second.
Quote examples
Valentina Tereshkova
Russian Astronaut
It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
Quote examples
Chloe Esposito
Australian Athlete
I know everyone thinks Dad is a little bit crazy with his training, because we train a lot harder and do more kilometres and stuff than most pentathletes. Training is full-on. It's seven or eight hours a day.
Quote examples
Deborah Mailman
Australian Actress
I grew up with horses and cattle, running around on dirt hills with this real sense of space. We didn't have neighbours - well, the nearest ones were kilometres away.
Quote examples
Anthony Albanese
Australian Politician
Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.
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