Kĭl'ō-grăm, n.

n. [Fr. kilogramme, from Gr. χίλιον, thousand, and γράμμα, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce. See GRAM.] A French measure of weight, being a thousand grammes, equal to 2.67951 pounds troy, or 2.20485 pounds avoirdupois (15442.42 grains). It is by law equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.