Kilo eg. 20 kilometers.
The prefix meaning one thousand standard units is "kilo-".
The prefix meaning x 1000 is "kilo-".
When the metric system was created, the inventors used the Greek word for 1000, kilo, as the prefix meaning 1000. They used the Latin word for 1000, mill, as the prefix meaning 1/1000.
1000 (it's implied by the prefix "kilo", meaning thousand in Latin).
The metric system uses the prefix kilo~ for a thousand.... kilometre = 1,000 metres.
1000. The prefix 'milli' is the Latin term for one thousand.
One kilogram is a thousand grams (kilo is a prefix meaning thousand)
-kil I.e. kilmoeter
"uni" from the Latin "unus," meaning "one" is the prefix in this case. Thus a unicycle is a one-wheeled vehicle.
The prefix meaning one thousand standard units is "kilo-." It is derived from the Greek word "chilioi," meaning "thousand." In the metric system, "kilo-" is used to denote quantities that are one thousand times the base unit, such as in "kilogram" (1,000 grams) or "kilometer" (1,000 meters).
In metric measurement the prefix Kilo~ means one thousand.
The Latin root "kilo" means "thousand." It is commonly used as a prefix in the metric system to denote one thousand of a particular unit, such as "kilogram" for one thousand grams.