kilo-

prefix for physical units indicating multiplication by 1000
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kilo-

Summary

kilo- is a SI prefix[1]. kilo- draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (si_prefix category, ranking #4 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • kilo-'s instance of is recorded as SI prefix[3].
  • kilo-'s instance of is recorded as UCUM prefix[4].
  • kilo-'s follows is recorded as hecto-[5].
  • kilo-'s followed by is recorded as mega-[6].
  • kilo-'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04973[7].
  • kilo-'s numeric value is recorded as {'amount': '+1000'}[8].
  • kilo-'s Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0118551[9].
  • kilo-'s Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0136237[10].
  • kilo-'s described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • kilo-'s different from is recorded as Kilo-class submarine[12].
  • kilo-'s different from is recorded as kibi[13].
  • kilo-'s different from is recorded as Kilo[14].
  • kilo-'s defining formula is recorded as 10^{3}[15].
  • kilo-'s wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as kilo[16].
  • kilo-'s Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kilo[17].
  • kilo-'s IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as K03390[18].
  • kilo-'s Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 058107[19].
  • kilo-'s unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'k'}[20].
  • kilo-'s unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'к'}[21].
  • kilo-'s World of Physics ID is recorded as Kilo[22].
  • kilo-'s maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • kilo-'s Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780389204[24].
  • kilo-'s Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909762071[25].
  • kilo-'s ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Metric_System/Scaling_Prefixes/kilo-[26].
  • kilo-'s NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as キロ[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for kilo- include kilogram[28], a SI base unit[29] and kilowatt[30], an unit of power[31].

Why It Matters

kilo- draws 181 Wikipedia views per month (si_prefix category, ranking #4 of 23).[2] kilo- has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] kilo- is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for kilo- include kilogram[28], a SI base unit[29] and kilowatt[30], an unit of power[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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