klom

See also: kłom

English

Etymology

Contraction of kilometer. Perhaps first used in Julian May's 1981 novel The Many-Colored Land.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

klom (plural kloms)

1. A kilometre.
   • 1983, Julian May, The Many-Coloured Land (paperback), Pan Books, Ltd., →ISBN, page 291:

     It’s a crater more than twenty-five kloms in diameter.

   • 1986, Donald Kingsbury, The Moon Goddess and the Son, Baen Books, →ISBN, page 195:

     “All the way to L-One? That’s 56,000 kloms above the moon.”

   • 2011, Chris Wooding, The Iron Jackal, Indigo, →ISBN, page 26:

     Then he reminded them what would happen if they did that at three hundred kloms an hour.

Usage notes

• Mainly used in science fiction.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔm/

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Verb

klom

1. singular past indicative of klimmen

Anagrams

• molk

Slovak

Noun

klom

1. inflection of kel:
   1. instrumental singular
   2. dative plural