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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KIL'OGRAM, n. In the new system of French weights and measures, a thousand grams. According to Lunier, the kilogram is equal in weight to a cubic decimeter of water, or two pounds, five drams and a half.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds" [syn: kilogram, kg, kilo]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French kilogramme, from kilo- + gramme gram Date: 1797 1. the base unit of mass in the International System of Units that is equal to the mass of a prototype agreed upon by international convention and that is nearly equal to the mass of 1000 cubic centimeters of water at the temperature of its maximum density — see metric system table 2. a unit of force or weight equal to the weight of a kilogram mass under a gravitational attraction equal to that of the earth

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also -gramme) the SI unit of mass, equivalent to the international standard kept at Sèvres near Paris (approx. 2.205 lb.). Usage: Abbr.: kg. Etymology: F kilogramme (as KILO, GRAM(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kilogram Kil"o*gram, Kilogramme Kil"o*gramme, n. [F. kilogramme; pref. kilo- (fr. Gr. chi`lioi a thousand ) + gramme. See 3d Gram.] A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39[deg] Fahrenheit.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also kilogramme(kilograms) A kilogram is a metric unit of weight. One kilogram is a thousand grams, or a thousandth of a metric ton, and is equal to 2.2 pounds. ...a parcel weighing around 4.5 kilograms. = kilo N-COUNT: num N, oft N of n