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Glossary » Units » Mass » Kilogram
Kilogram (kg) is a unit in the category of Mass. It is also known as kilograms. This unit is commonly used in the SI unit system. Kilogram (kg) has a dimension of M where M is mass. This unit is the standard SI unit in this category.
Note that the seven base dimensions are M (Mass), L (Length), T (Time), Q (Temperature), N (Aamount of Substance), I (Electric Current), and J (Luminous Intensity).

Other units in the category of Mass include A.u. of Mass (electron Rest Mass) (m0, me), Assay Ton, Atomic Unit of Mass (1H) (u, uma, Da(1H), AMU), Atomic Unit of Mass (12C) (u, uma, Da(12C), AMU), Atomic Unit of Mass (16O) (u, uma, Da(16O), AMU), Attogram (ag), Avogram, Bag (UK, Cement), Carat (metric) (ct.), Carat (troy) (ct (troy)), Cental (cH, cwt), Centigram (cg), Dalton (atomic Unit of Mass) (u, uma, Da), Decagram (dag), Decigram (dg), Dram (troy) (dr (troy)), Dram Or Drachm (apothecary) (dr (ap.), dr (apoth.)), Dram Or Drachm (avoirdupois) (dr (av.), dr (avdp)), Electron Rest Mass (a.u. of Mass) (m0, me), Exagram (Eg), Femtogram (fg), Gamma (mass) (g), Geepound (slug) (slug), Gigagram (Gg), Grain (apothecary) (gr (apoth.), gr (ap.)), Grain (avoirdupois) (gr (avdp.), gr (av.)), Grain (troy) (gr (troy)), Gram (g), Hectogram (hg), Hundredweight (gross Or Long) (cH, cwt, lg cwt), Hundredweight (net Or Short) (sh. cwt), Hundredweight (UK, Avoirdupois) (cwt (av.)), Hyl (Hyl, hyl), Kilopound (kip) (kip), Load (UK), Load (UK, Wool), Long Ton (UK) (lg ton (UK)), Megagram (Mg), Metric Slug (hyl) (mug), Microgram (µg), Milligram (mg), MKpS Unit of Mass, Mug (hyl, Metric Clug, Par, TME) (mug), Nanogram (ng), Ounce (apothecary) (oz (apoth.), oz (ap.)), Ounce (avoirdupois) (oz (advp.), oz (av.)), Ounce (troy) (oz (troy)), Par (hyl, Mug, Metric Slug) (par), Pennyweight (troy) (dwt (troy)), Petagram (Pg), Picogram (pg), Pound (lb), Pound (avoirdupois) (lb (av.)), Pound (troy) (lb (troy), lb (tr.)), Pound (UK, New Hay) (lb (UK, new hay)), Pound (UK, Obsolete Hay) (lb (UK, obsolete hay)), Pound (UK, Straw) (lb (UK, straw)), Pound (US) (lb (US)), Quarter (UK, Mass), Quarter (US, Long), Quarter (US, Short), Quintal (metric) (q), Quintal (US, UK) (quint. (US, UK)), Sack (UK, Weight), Scruple (UK, US, Apoth.) (s, scr (ap.)), Short Ton (US, Ton) (sh. Ton), Slug (geepound), Stone (UK) (st (UK)), Stone (UK, Wool) (st (UK, wool)), Teragram (Tg), Ton (metric), Ton (UK, Long) (UK ton, lg ton), Ton (US, Short), Tonne (metric) (t), Truss, Yoctogram (yg), Yottagram (Yg), Zeptogram (zg), and Zettagram (Zg).

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