kilo

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"I think I'm getting something like 45 to 55 miles per kilogram of hydrogen, and a kilo is approximately the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline," she said.

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  • This means that a person must consume 1,200 to1,500 kilo-calories a day. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In dollars per kilo, the shuttle beats the Taurus by an order of magnitude. —  RealClimate
  • A half-kilo of blow, machine-gun blasts, and a millionaire chiropractor. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
  • "We have provided rice at one rupee a kilo, our party ruled states like Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh are already distributing subsidized wheat and rice, it is not BJP but the congress who have copied our ideas," he said. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • With cocaine in Mexico fetching $6,500 per kilo -- about triple the Colombian price, according to the DEA -- an average 7-metric-ton load yields $45.5 million. —  Freep.com - RSS
 

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/ˈkɪloʊ/
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