kilogram.
(Forkilo- gram ).
1. m. Unit of mass of the international system, equivalent to a cylinder of platino-iridio preserved at the International Bureau of weights and measures in Paris, and roughly equal to the mass of 1000 cubic centimeters of water at the temperature of maximum density, four degrees Celsius. (Símb.) kg).
2. m. kilogram-force.
4. d. amount of any matter which weighs a kilogram. Ten kilograms of
lead.1. m. Fís. kilogram-force.