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1. kilometres

   The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the main unit used. The abbreviations k or K (pronounced ) are commonly used to represent kilometre, but are not recommended by the BIPM. A slang term for the kilometre in the US, UK, and Canadian militaries is klick.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kilometres in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kilometres in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of kilometres in a Sentence

1. Yehia Zaki:

   We could be looking into 250-300 square kilometres of area or double that size, so it can vary drastically.

2. The ESA:

   Right now, there is still a lot of' viewing margin' around the disc, enabling stunning detail to be captured by FSI out to about 3.5 million kilometres, equivalent to five times the radius of the Sun, at closest approach on 26 March, which will see the spacecraft pass within about 0.3 times the Sun-Earth distance, the Sun will fill a much larger portion of the telescope's field of view.

3. Yuriko Koike:

   The fight against an invisible enemy, the coronavirus, is behind the one-year postponement( of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021), and it has been a major ordeal for humanity, i would like us to overcome the fight against the coronavirus and make the Games a memorable event.Some local organisers complain that information from Tokyo has come slowly, and that they learn about key developments from the media. Others, like Mie Watanabe, readying the road race course in Oyama, a city 90 kilometres( 56 miles) southwest of Tokyo, worry months of their work could go to waste.

4. Taner Yildiz:

   An explosion occurred as a result of a sabotage about 15 kilometres inside the Turkish border on the Turkey-Iran gas pipeline.

5. Pierre Trotobas:

   The potential behind this is huge, if you [consider] the number of square kilometres of road that are available for energy instead of building big solar farms in fields, there is no issue of public acceptance.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometres