kilometer

IPA: kʌɫˈɑmʌtɝ

US spelling of kilometre [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km]

Examples of "kilometer" in Sentences

The Deep Space Explorer held its position one kilometer from the anomaly.
I picked this from Wikipedia, but what it doesn't tell is what they call kilometer in Australia.
However, rating bicycle versus automobile fatalities by kilometer is a little deceiving, because bicycle trips are typically shorter.
The villages of San Juan and San Salvador Paricutín, the last just one kilometer from the rising volcano, were in danger, but nobody wanted to abandon land and home.
The highest innovation density, measured in patents per square kilometer, is in San Jose, Calif. (the capital of Silicon Valley) followed by nearby San Francisco and Los Angeles.
From the top you see the village of Atécuaro to south and the Cointzio Reservoir to the west, below a little south of east at little less than one kilometer is the site of the old ranch, La Joya, there are no buildings left, but just a few years ago a bougainvillea and a yucca clearly showed it was the site of an old ranch.