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kilogram [ˈkɪləʊˌgræm] n 1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) one thousand grams 2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the basic SI unit of mass, equal to the mass of the international prototype held by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. One kilogram is equivalent to 2.204 62 pounds. Symbol kg
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| Sweet potato yields showed the sharpest increase, jumping from an average of 2,085 kilogrammes per hectare in 1992-1994 to 3,540 kilogrammes per hectare in 1997. The need to haul hundreds of kilogrammes of cumbersome satellite equipment and feel restricted by a satellite truck is now history. In all, the Chemical Destruction Group of the special commission destroyed some 400,000 litres of sulphur mustard at the Muthanna site, nearly 28,000 chemical munitions (rockets, missile warheads, artillery shells and bombs), nearly 83,000 litres of nerve agents, more than 1,220,000 litres of key precursor chemicals for the production of mustard or nerve agents, and some 421,000 litres, 1,035,500 kilogrammes and 197 barrels of other chemical precursors. |
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