It is a metric measure of distance. It is usually written as 'kilometre';(km).
The distance is about ~ 5/8 or 2/3 of one mile.
NB
'Kilo' is from Latin aand means 'thousand'.
'Metre' is also from Latin and means 'measure' #
So 'kilometre' means ' a thousand measures', but in modern terms it is the distance given above.
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The prefix kilo means 1000. so a kilometre is 1000 metres. This is a rather long unit of distance
1000 litres in a kilolitre (kilo means thousand (1000 kilometers in a meter))
1 Meter equals 60 centimeters. 1 kilograms equals 1000 grams (kilo = thousand)
A kilometer is equal to 1,000 times greater than a meter. The prefix "kilo" means 1,000. On the other hand, a millimeter is 1,000 times smaller than a meter.
100.2 Miles per Hour = 161.25626880000001 Kilometers per Hour
the metre like the kilo metre is part of the metric system, for instance there are 1000metres in 1 kilometre.