"klom" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kloms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒm Etymology: Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land. Head templates: {{en-noun}} klom (plural kloms)
  1. A kilometre.
    Sense id: en-klom-en-noun--6rrz7hY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983, Julian May, The Many-Coloured Land (paperback), Pan Books, Ltd., page 291",
          "text": "It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Donald Kingsbury, The Moon Goddess and the Son, Baen Books, page 195",
          "text": "All the way to L-One? That’s 56,000 kloms above the moon.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Chris Wooding, The Iron Jackal, Indigo, page 26",
          "text": "Then he reminded them what would happen if they did that at three hundred kloms an hour.",
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        "A kilometre."
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