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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'kilo-' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions kilo- prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 (1024) Translations:  French: kilo- Italian: chilo-, kilo- Etymology: From , irregular from Ancient Greek prefix - (chilio-)"kilo-", from (chilias) "one thousand".The "correct" form would be chili-, resulting in forms such as chiliogram and chiliometer. In fact, one such form (lacking the connecting vowel -o-, which is explained at Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia) used to exist in English: chilihedron, meaning a thousand-faced solid.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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