kilometer
Thousand-meter stretch
A kilometer is a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters, or about 0.62 miles.
It's the standard measure for road distances in most countries outside the United States: The village is twelve kilometers from here.
Americans pronounce it with stress on the second syllable; British speakers stress the first.
Extended pleasure drive
- commuteRegular work travel
- journeyTravel from place to place
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
voyage · route · highway · odometer · mileage · signpost · distance marker · waypoint
Unit equaling million meters
- SIUniversal measurement framework
- litreMetric liquid volume
- gramMetric mass unit
- metric systemDecimal-based measurement standard
decimal · conversion · base unit · international · standard
Long-distance footrace
- 5K3.1-mile footrace
- 10KSEC-required yearly disclosure
- half-marathon13.1-mile running event
- ultramarathonRace longer than 26.2 miles
pace · split · finish line · personal best · timing · chip · course · route
Vehicle distance recorder
- speedometerVehicle velocity display
- pedometerStride-counting device
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
gauge · calibration · precision · tracking · readout · dashboard · mileage · counter
5,280 feet
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- nautical mileMaritime unit of distance
- light-yearAstronomical distance measure
foot · furlong · span · cubit · statute · imperial · conversion · equivalent
road trip
Extended pleasure drive
expedition · voyage · route · highway · odometer · mileage · signpost · distance marker · waypoint · leg
megameter
Unit equaling million meters
metric system · decimal · conversion · base unit · international · standard
marathon
Long-distance footrace
- 5K3.1-mile footrace
- 10KSEC-required yearly disclosure
- half-marathon13.1-mile running event
ultramarathon · pace · split · finish line · personal best · timing · chip · course · route · lap
odometer
Vehicle distance recorder
- speedometerVehicle velocity display
- pedometerStride-counting device
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
altimeter · gauge · calibration · precision · tracking · readout · dashboard · mileage · counter · digital
mile
5,280 feet
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- leagueAssociation or distance unit
- nautical mileMaritime unit of distance
light-year · foot · furlong · span · cubit · statute · imperial · conversion · equivalent · radius
- Length Unitsinch, foot, feet, yard, mile
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- metric lengthsmicrometer, picometer, femtometer, decameter, megameter
- French Unitslitre, gram, kilogram, hectare, tonne
- metersthermometer, speedometer, odometer, barometer, pedometer
- spatial scalesmicroscopic, macroscopic, nanoscale, atomic, molecular
kilometermillimeter
Thousandth of a meter
centimeter · nanometer · micrometer · picometer · angstrom
- square kilometresUnits of area measurement
- kilometers per hourMetric velocity measurement
- square kilometersMetric area measurement unit
- kilometer markerHighway distance post