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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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kil·o·gram / ˈkiləˌgram/ (Brit. also kil·o·gramme) (abbr.: kg) • n. the SI unit of mass, equivalent to the international standard kept at Sèvres near Paris (approx. 2.205 lb).
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This Kilogram Has A Weight-Loss Problem
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...since. This little cylinder is the kilogram. I'll say it again: the kilogram. This is the one on which all other kilograms are based. That makes it very valuable...Weights and Measures, where the kilogram is kept. He's been in charge...
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1.2 Million Kilograms of Coffee Sold at Tanzania's Auction
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 12/8/2001; 435 words
; ...0.98 dollars per kilogram, 278,750 kilograms of grade A were sold...0.97 dollars per kilogram and 237,208 kilograms of grade B on average...price in US dollars per kilogram in brackets are 97,707 kilograms of PB (0.91) and...
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For Scientists, Kilogram Loses Mass Appeal.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...squat metal cylinder weighs exactly 1 kilogram, as it should. It is the world's definition of mass, the standard kilogram against which all others are judged. But now "le grand K," as the kilogram is known, is putting itself out of date...
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Kilogram standard slowly losing mass: Scientists trying to devise new way to calculate measurement
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 11/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...squat metal cylinder weighs exactly 1 kilogram, as it should. It is the world's definition of mass, the standard kilogram against which all others are judged. But now "le grand K," as the kilogram is known, is putting itself out of date...
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Turkey's Simsek, Celil win 69-kilogram titles at European championships
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/22/2004; 447 words
; ...2002 in the 62-kilogram class champion...snatched 147.5 kilograms to total 330.0...the women's 69-kilogram competition, the...Simsek lifted 112.5 kilograms in the snatch...Ukraine lifted 110.0 kilograms in snatch and 132...Podobedova took the 75-kilogram overall gold with...
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Original kilogram losing mass, status, scientists say.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...squat metal cylinder weighs exactly 1 kilogram, as it should. It is the world's definition of mass, the standard kilogram against which all others are judged. But now "le grand K," as the kilogram is known, is putting itself out of date...
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After 185 years, physicists are still weighing the kilogram.
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 5/1/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...t what they used to be can't be thinking of the kilogram. The kilogram is defined as the mass of a dense cylinder of platinum...as the standard of mass since 1889. In fact the kilogram is the only base unit that is still defined by a...
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Interview: Dr. Richard Davis discusses the shrinkage of the kilogram
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 5/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Richard Davis discusses the shrinkage of the kilogram Host: MICHELE NORRIS Time: 9:00-10...about diet and exercise; rather physics. The kilogram is shrinking. Now when we say the kilogram we mean the kilogram. It' s a platinum iridium...
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SANDIA WEIGHS IN ON NEW DEFINITION FOR KILOGRAM
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...issued the following press release: The kilogram is losing weight and many international...Scientists are hoping to redefine the kilogram by basing it on standards of universal...standard. The International Prototype Kilogram (IPK) or "Le Grand K," made in the...
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Klejnowska, Dasdelen set European weightlifting records, Angelov takes men's 62-kilogram title
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/21/2004; 420 words
; ...women's 63-kilogram class, Gergana...marks, lifting 100 kilograms in snatch and 127...a total of 215 kilograms. Anastasia Tsakiri...women's 63-kilogram class, with lifts of 97.5 and 120 kilograms for a total 217...
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kilogram
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kilogram abbr. kg, fundamental unit of mass in...the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at...metric system was originally devised, the kilogram was defined so that 1,000 cubic centimeters...
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Small Satellite Technology
Book article from: Space Sciences
...weighing less than 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds). Those below 100 kilograms (220 pounds) are referred...with a mass less than 10 kilograms (22 pounds) are known...nanosatellites, and those under 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) are called...
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International System of Units
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...measures: the meter for length and the kilogram for mass. The German mathematician and...international prototypes for the meter and kilogram and the astronomical second as the unit...see Table 1) and include the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and...
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Barbiturates
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...2 mg to 4 mg of phenobarbital per kilogram of body weight per day. In infants, this dose is 5 mg to 8 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. In children...age, the dose is 6 mg to 8 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. In children...
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Common Weights and Measures
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...thinsp;= 1/100 kilogram =&thinsp...thinsp;= 1/10 kilogram = 100 grams 1 kilogram (basic unit of weight or...thinsp;= 1,000 kilograms American and British Units...
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