klom en · NOUN
Etymology
Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land.
Meanings
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(informal) Synonym of kilometre (“km”)
“All the way to L-One? That’s 56,000 kloms above the moon.”
1986, Donald Kingsbury, The Moon Goddess and the Son, Baen Books, →ISBN, page 195:Then he reminded them what would happen if they did that at three hundred kloms an hour.
2011, Chris Wooding, The Iron Jackal, Indigo, →ISBN, page 26:It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter.
1983, Julian May, The Many-Coloured Land (paperback), Pan Books, Ltd., →ISBN, page 291:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kloms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
wikipedia: en:Julian May · wikipedia: en:The Many-Colored Land