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Definition of Kilogram-meter
1. Noun. A unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter.
Definition of Kilogram-meter
1. Noun. (physics) a unit of work, equal to that done by a force of one kilogram acting through a distance of one meter ¹
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Literary usage of Kilogram-meter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metric Fallacy: An Investigation of the Claims Made for the Metric by Frederick Arthur Halsey, Samuel Sherman Dale (1920)
"Hardware: Kilogram, meter, "as in US" Fish: Kilogram. Meat: Kilogram. Flour:
Kilogram, arroba ... In Machine Shops: Inch, kilogram, meter, centimeter. ..."
2. Ready Reference Tables: Volume I. Conversion Factors of Every Unit Or by Carl Hering (1904)
"Thus if the unit 1 kilogram-meter equals 2.3 heat units, it would not be correct
to say that because the unit 1 kilogram = 2.2 Ibs and 1 meter = 3.3 feet, ..."
3. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1918)
"From these data it was calculated that a consumption of energy equivalent to
0.223 kilogram-meter was required to move 1 kilogram of weight horizontally ..."
4. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1913)
"There are two common units of work in the metric system, the gram centimeter and
the kilogram meter. As the names imply, the gram centimeter is the work ..."
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