A unit of mass equal to one thousand grams; equivalent to the kilogram, particularly used in Italian and Spanish scientific contexts.
From Italian or Spanish 'chilo-' (from Greek 'chilioi,' meaning 'thousand') combined with 'grammo' (Italian for 'gram,' from Greek 'gramma,' meaning 'small weight'). This is a variant naming for the metric unit kilogram, reflecting different language traditions in scientific nomenclature.
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