17-576: The kilometre ( SI symbol: km ; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər / ), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English , is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres ( kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000 ). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of
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51-509: A chemical philosophy Click consonant , a speech sound Click track , used in audio recording Click (acoustics) , a sonic artifact Clicks, a South African pharmacy chain, part of New Clicks Holdings Limited Heart click , a cardiac symptom Hyundai Click , a car Click (brand) , a house brand of Bunnings Warehouse Click! Network , a cable TV and Internet provider in Washington State, United States Snap (fingers) ,
68-564: A computer input device such as a mouse ClickSoftware , a software company now owned by Salesforce Click, a package manager used by Ubuntu Touch People [ edit ] Click Bishop (born 1957), American politician Danny Click (born 1960), American singer-songwriter and guitarist Gary Click (born 1965), American politician James Click (born 1978), American baseball executive Shannan Click (born 1983), American model Other uses [ edit ] Click, Llano County, Texas , United States Click chemistry ,
85-577: A new measurement system. In August 1793, the French National Convention decreed the metre as the sole length measurement system in the French Republic and it was based on 1 / 10 millionth of the distance from the orbital poles (either North or South) to the Equator , this being a truly internationally based unit. The first name of the kilometre was "Millaire". Although
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136-570: The US, UK, and Canadian militaries is klick . Some sporting disciplines feature 1000 m (one-kilometre) races in major events (such as the Olympic Games ). In some disciplines—although world records are catalogued—one-kilometre events remain a minority. SI">SI The requested page title contains unsupported characters : ">". Return to Main Page . klick#Etymology 1 From Misplaced Pages,
153-479: The act of creating a cracking sound with one's fingers A component of a ratchet A subsidiary retail chain of Acme Fresh Market Klick, U.S. military slang for a kilometer Klick Photoshop, a brand of Timpson (retailer) , UK Click Asia Summit , a congress See also [ edit ] Klik (disambiguation) Clique (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
170-637: The first pronunciation was declared official by the government's Metric Conversion Board. However, the Australian prime minister at the time, Gough Whitlam , insisted that the second pronunciation was the correct one because of the Greek origins of the two parts of the word. By a decree of 8 May 1790, the French National Constituent Assembly ordered the French Academy of Sciences to develop
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#1733084661205204-503: The metre was formally defined in 1799, the myriametre ( 10 000 metres) was preferred to the "kilometre" for everyday use. The term " myriamètre " appeared a number of times in the text of Develey's book Physique d'Emile: ou, Principes de la science de la nature , (published in 1802), while the term kilometre only appeared in an appendix. French maps published in 1835 had scales showing myriametres and " lieues de Poste " (Postal leagues of about 4288 metres). The Dutch, on
221-559: The myriametre was in use in France. In 1935, the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) officially abolished the prefix "myria-" and with it the "myriametre", leaving the kilometre as the recognised unit of length for measurements of that magnitude. The symbol km for the kilometre is in lower case and has been standardised by the BIPM . A slang term for the kilometre in
238-509: The other hand, adopted the kilometre in 1817 but gave it the local name of the mijl . It was only in 1867 that the term " kilometer " became the only official unit of measure in the Netherlands to represent 1000 metres. Two German textbooks dated 1842 and 1848 respectively give a snapshot of the use of the kilometre across Europe: the kilometre was in use in the Netherlands and in Italy, and
255-660: The prefix (as in centimetre , millimetre , nanometre and so on). It is generally preferred by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Many other users, particularly in countries where SI (the metric system) is not widely used, use the second pronunciation with stress on the second syllable. The second pronunciation follows
272-473: The stress pattern used for the names of measuring instruments (such as micrometer , barometer , thermometer , tachometer, and speedometer ). The contrast is even more obvious in countries that use the American spelling of the word metre . This pronunciation is irregular because it makes the kilometre the only SI unit with the stress on the second syllable. After Australia introduced the metric system in 1970,
289-574: The world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used. There are two common pronunciations for the word. The first pronunciation follows a pattern in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in kilogram , kilojoule and kilohertz ) and the pronunciation of the actual base unit does not change irrespective of
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