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kilogram-meter definition

kilogram·-meter (-gram′mēt′ər)

noun

a unit of energy or work, being the amount needed to raise one kilogram one meter: it is equal to 7.2334 foot-pounds
also Chiefly Brit.kilogram-metre kil′ogram′·-me′tre

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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