On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Kilometer. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as kilometre or klick and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Kilometer meaning
US spelling of kilometre.
Using Kilometer
- The main meaning on this page is: US spelling of kilometre.
- Useful related words include: kilometre, km, klick, metric linear unit.
- In the example corpus, kilometer often appears in combinations such as: one kilometer, square kilometer, the kilometer.
Context around Kilometer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kilometer
- In this selection, "kilometer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, square, 137, 541, border, scale and ovoid stand out and add context to how "kilometer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 1 kilometer 7 miles and 1 228 kilometer border with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kilometer" sits close to words such as affirming, antigua and betts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kilometer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Image is about 1 kilometer across. (6 words)
A new law requires new oil wells to be at least a kilometer away from homes, schools and hospitals. (19 words)
But the Big Ten Network Big 10K remains a true 10-kilometer lakefront course, starting and ending at Soldier Field. (20 words)
Secondarily, sampling on a number of outcropping quartz veins in the area around the porphyry targets identified a possible 1.1-kilometer (.7 miles) extension of the existing 2.4-kilometer (1.5 miles) gold-silver-tellurium vein system. (39 words)
Activists blame the high levels of toxic smog on clusters of factories and coal-fired power plants near the city, with Greenpeace Indonesia saying there were 10 such power plants within a 100-kilometer (62 miles) radius. (37 words)
Construction works on Africa’s state-of-the-art Pan-African Heritage Museum in Ghana has begun in earnest at Pomadze, about one kilometer uphill from the Winneba Junction in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The property hosts at least 11 mineralized zones with kilometer-scale extensions, most of them surrounding or in the vicinity of a 15 kilometer by 5 kilometer ovoid-shaped granitic intrusion.
It’s located roughly a half-mile (.8 kilometer) from an elementary school in Reserve, Louisiana, and is within an 85-mile (137-kilometer) stretch of the state known officially as the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor.
Secondarily, sampling on a number of outcropping quartz veins in the area around the porphyry targets identified a possible 1.1-kilometer (.7 miles) extension of the existing 2.4-kilometer (1.5 miles) gold-silver-tellurium vein system.
Diggins will have three more chances to reach the podium: in the women’s 4×5-kilometer relay, the men’s and women’s team sprint, and the women’s 30-kilometer mass start event.
Every square kilometer of wheat requires F 1 kilograms of fertilizer and P 1 kilograms of insecticide, while every square kilometer of barley requires F 2 kilograms of fertilizer and P 2 kilograms of insecticide.
For example, it makes no sense to ask whether 1 hour is more, the same, or less than 1 kilometer, as these have different dimensions, nor to add 1 hour to 1 kilometer.
The 541-kilometer border with Laos and the 1,228-kilometer border with Vietnam result from French administrative decisions and do not follow major natural features.
According to available statistics, between 2012 and 2017, the only addition to the rail lines was a kilometer narrow gauge from Sekondi-Takoradi and Kojokrom.
Activists blame the high levels of toxic smog on clusters of factories and coal-fired power plants near the city, with Greenpeace Indonesia saying there were 10 such power plants within a 100-kilometer (62 miles) radius.
A new law requires new oil wells to be at least a kilometer away from homes, schools and hospitals.
At the world championships in February in Slovenia, she won the 10-kilometer freestyle, becoming the first American to win a world title in an individual event.
Beijing sends airplanes and warships toward Taiwan on a near-daily basis, often crossing the midline of the 160 kilometer (100 miles) Taiwan Strait dividing the sides.
But Oak Flat could eventually collapse into a 1.8-mile (2.8-kilometer) crater when massive amounts of rock are removed from below.
But the Big Ten Network Big 10K remains a true 10-kilometer lakefront course, starting and ending at Soldier Field.
Construction works on Africa’s state-of-the-art Pan-African Heritage Museum in Ghana has begun in earnest at Pomadze, about one kilometer uphill from the Winneba Junction in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region.
Evelyn frantically scrolled Yik Yak, a social networking app known for spreading gossip that provides anonymous messaging within a 5-mile (8-kilometer) radius.
Finnish gas system operator Gasgrid a leak early Sunday morning after the 77-kilometer-long Balticconnector pipeline that links the countries under the Gulf of Finland saw an “unusual” drop in pressure.
For Holovchak, the excitement of climbing the Eiffel Tower and the experience of an unexpected 2-kilometer walk due to protest reflected the unexpected challenges and rewards of studying abroad.
However, science and technology have shown that the 50-kilometer Zanzibar–Dar es Salaam Bridge project is feasible if funds are available.
Image is about 1 kilometer across.
Common combinations with kilometer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- one kilometer 9×
- square kilometer 8×
- the kilometer 8×
- kilometer of 7×
- kilometer away 7×
- kilometer from 5×
- about kilometer 5×
- of kilometer 4×
- than kilometer 4×
- kilometer miles 4×