Kilometre
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Tanım
1.000 metreye veya yaklaşık 0,621371 mile eşit metrik uzunluk birimi.
Açıklama
The kilometer is the standard unit for expressing road distances and geographic measurements in metric countries. The Earth's circumference is approximately 40,075 km; the distance from New York to Los Angeles is about 4,500 km. At 100 km/h (the common highway speed limit in metric countries), a vehicle covers 1 km every 36 seconds. One kilometer equals 1,093.61 yards or 3,280.84 feet.
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RELATED TERMS
Metrik Önek
Bir birimin ondalık katlarını ya da kesirlerini belirten önek (kilo-, mega-, milli-, mikro-, vb.).
Hektar
10.000 metrekare veya yaklaşık 2,471 dönüme eşit metrik alan birimi.
Bar
100.000 pascala eşit, standart atmosfer basıncından biraz düşük bir basınç birimi.
Metrik Sistem
Yedi SI temel birimine dayalı ondalık uluslararası ölçüm sistemi; Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, Myanmar ve Liberya dışında tüm dünyada resmî olarak kullanılır.
Ondalık Sistem
Her basamak değerinin bir sonraki küçük değerin on katı olduğu, metrik sistemin matematiksel temelini oluşturan taban-10 sayı sistemi.