kilogram

The base unit of mass in the International System, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2046 pounds).

Kilogram force.

The ultimate standard of mass in the French system of weights and measures, equal to 1,000 grams; the mass of a certain cylinder of platinum deposited in the Archives of France on the 22d of June, 1799, and thence known as the Kilogramme des Archives.

A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046226 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum–iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg

Hence, the unit of weight such that one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites