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The kilogram is the standard unit of mass used worldwide, equal to one thousand grams and symbolized as "kg." It matters because it's the fundamental measurement that scientists, engineers, and everyday people rely on to weigh and compare the mass of objects accurately across different countries and contexts.
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- kilogram
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- Poids fonte 5 kg à 2 hg 02.jpg
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- A series of 5, 2, 1, 0.5 and 0.2 kilogram weights, made of cast iron
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- SI
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- kg
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- Avoirdupois
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- British Gravitational
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- ≈ slugs
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- Unified atomic mass units
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- Named after
- gram
- Image
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- unit symbol
- kg
- short name
- kg
- conversion to SI unit
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- Commons category
- Kilogram
- Unicode character
- ㎏
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
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- determination method or standard
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- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
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- conversion to standard unit
- 1000
- different from
- kilogram-force
- replaces
- grave
- P8168
- Žabovřesky
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