A fork of Rural Dictionary
Often misspelt as kilometer. The kilometre (SI symbol: km) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to 1000 metres (kilo: being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used, officially, for expressing distances between geographical places on land, in most of the world.
John was given a speeding ticket last night; according to the police officer, he was travelling 60 kilometres per hour or km/h, over the speed limit. The Tagus Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal has a central span of 1.013 kilometres or km.
Often misspelt as kilometer. The kilometre per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of kilometres travelled in one hour. The unit symbol is km/h. Worldwide, it is the most commonly used unit of speed on road signs and car speedometers.
Generally, speed limits, on most highway speed signs, are set to 100 km/h to 110 km/h. F1 cars can accelerate to 300 km/h very quickly, due to their ability to gain RPM quickly. The top speeds, however, aren't much higher than 330 km/h on most circuits.
The correct and original, but unfortunately obsolete, spelling of the word most commonly spelt now as donor. - From Middle English: donoure/donour - From Anglo-Norman: donour - From Old French: doneur (donneur) A donour, in general, is a person who donates something voluntarily.
An organ donour, who donates his or her organ(s) to help save another person's life, in my opinion, is a true hero.
The correct and original, but unfortunately obsolete, English spelling of the word most commonly spelt now as competitor. - From Middle French: compétiteur - From Latin: competitor 1. A person or organisation against whom one is competing. 2. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
1. I usually too have fairly meaty projects to handle, for instance an in-depth competitour analysis. 2. I've never played John at pool before; I heard he's a great competitour, though, who rarely loses.