kilogram-meter

1. 1.

   a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter

   Broaderwork unit

Questions about kilogram-meter

What does kilogram-meter mean?

kilogram-meter means "a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter".

How many syllables are in kilogram-meter?

kilogram-meter has 5 syllables and divides as ki-lo-gram--me-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is kilogram-meter a common word?

kilogram-meter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.