kilogram Meaning & Definition
What Does Kilogram Mean?
Kilogram is used as a noun meaning In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 when expressed in units of kg⋅m⋅s. Symbol: kg. It is also used to mean The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Kilogram Definition (Noun)
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 when expressed in units of kg⋅m⋅s. Symbol: kg
- The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Noun
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg