| kilo | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilogram |
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| kilobit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kb, kbit |
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| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| kilocalorie | (noun) a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food | Synonyms: Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
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| kilocycle | (noun) one thousand periods per second | Synonyms: kc, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilohertz |
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| kilogram | (noun) one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | Synonyms: kg, kilo |
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| kilohertz | (noun) one thousand periods per second | Synonyms: kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second |
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| kiloliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kilolitre |
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| kilolitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kiloliter |
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| kilometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometre, klick, km |
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| kilometrage | (noun) the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle. | - |
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| kilometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometer, klick, km |
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| kiloton | (noun) one thousand tons | - |
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| (noun) a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT | - |
| kilovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts | Synonyms: kV |
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| kilowatt | (noun) a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | Synonyms: kW |
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