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KILO [5 records]

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Record 1 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Toxicology
CONT

The Cadmium Decree 1999 prohibits ... the manufacture, import, sale or possession of products in which cadmium is used as a pigment, dye or stabiliser and which have a cadmium content of over 100 milligrams per kilo ...

Key term(s)
  • milligramme per kilo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Chimie analytique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Toxicologie
CONT

Les concentrations de produits chimiques toxiques dans l'environnement s'expriment souvent en milligrammes par kilo (mg/kg) ou milligrammes par litre (mg/l). Lorsqu'il s'agit d'œufs d'oiseaux, les concentrations sont habituellement données en fonction du poids de la partie liquide de l'œuf, c'est-à-dire son «poids frais». C'est donc dire que mg/kg (poids frais) désigne le nombre de milligrammes de contaminants par mille grammes de contenu de l'œuf.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
Universal entry(ies)
k-
symbol, prefix
DEF

An arbitrary derivative [of the Greek word meaning a] thousand, introduced in French in 1795, at the institution of the Metric system, as a formative of weights and measures containing 1000 times the simple unit, as kilogram, kilometre, etc.

OBS

SI prefix, thousand. One kilowatt is one thousand watts. Symbol: k.

OBS

The symbol "k" should never be capitalized when used as a SI unit, i.e. a decimal system. See other record on "kilo-" for computer use.

PHR

kilometer, kilometre, km; kilogram, kilogramme, kg; kilodollar, k$.

Key term(s)
  • kilo
  • k

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
k-
symbol, prefix
DEF

Préfixe qui multiplie par 1000 l'unité qu'il précède.

OBS

kilo- : Élément du grec signifiant «mille». Symbole : k (sans point). Sa notation scientifique est 10³. [Ce] préfixe sert à la composition du multiple décimal et se juxtapose immédiatement au symbole de l'unité.

OBS

On peut écrire cinquante mille dollars comme suit : 50 000 $, 50 kilodollars, 50 k$.

OBS

Le «Multidictionnaire de la langue française» de Marie-Éva de Villers donne «k $» comme abréviation de «kilodollar», mais il faut plutôt écrire «k$» (sans espace).

OBS

Dans le SI, le symbole «k» est toujours une lettre minuscule; en informatique, on n'obéit pas nécessairement à cette règle.

PHR

kilomètre, km; kilogramme, kg; kilodollar, k$.

Key term(s)
  • kilo
  • k

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

A prefix meaning one thousand. Its abbreviation is K. In computer use it also refers to the "power of two" closest to that number, [1024 = 2 to the 10th power].

OBS

... a 'K' is used for a number which is either 1,000 or 1,024, depending on whether the context calls for integral powers of 10 or 2. If we say that a certain computer has a memory capacity of 4 K words, then, this means either 4,000 or 4,096 words, depending on whether the computer in question has a decimal or binary address system. However, the usage is a little loose: the number 216 = 65,536 is written either as 64 K or 65 K.

OBS

In metrology, the lower case "k" is the proper symbol for kilo-; however, in computer use, the upper case "K" seems to prevail.

Key term(s)
  • kilo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

[...] quantité d'information [...] qui vaut, en informatique, 1024, soit 2[à la dixième puissance].

PHR

Kbit, Kmot, Koctet.

OBS

En métrologie on utilise le «k» minuscule comme symbole de kilo-; mais, en informatique, il semble que c'est le «K» majuscule qui l'emporte.

Key term(s)
  • kilo

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Transportation
DEF

Rate for goods where volume exceeds six cubic metres to the tonne.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Cycling
Key term(s)
  • C KAP

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Cyclisme
OBS

Programme de l'Association cycliste canadienne

Key term(s)
  • Programme canadien de kilométrage vélo
  • Programme kilo vélo

Spanish

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