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kilometric, a.|kɪləʊˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic: = F. kilométrique (1878 in Dict. Acad.).]
Of or pertaining to a kilometre; marking a kilometre on a road; kilometric guarantee, a guarantee of gross receipts per kilometre of line conceded by the Turkish government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to (foreign) companies constructing railways within the then Empire. So kiloˈmetrical a., in same sense.
1867Even. Standard 6 Aug. 5 The Public Conveyance Company of Paris invited, in 1861, designs for a kilometrical measuring machine. 1881Halsted Mensuration 2 Along roads and railways are placed kilometric poles or stones. 1902Daily Chron. 24 Jan. 3/3 The revenues to be assigned for the service of the kilometric guarantee have not yet been specified. 1909Westm. Gaz. 16 Dec. 2/1 The Bagdad Railway (with the iniquitous kilometric guarantee). 1909D. Fraser Short Cut to India iii. 39 A heavy kilometric guarantee was provided. Ibid. 45 When the kilometric receipts exceed..4500 francs, the whole of the surplus goes to the government. 1943Gloss. Terms Telecomm. (B.S.I.) 64 Radio-waves are classified as follows: A. According to wavelength, in metres... Kilometric 10 000 to 1 000. 1973Nature 21 Sept. 144/2 Urey assumes that the..heart-and-soul of a comet is a solid nucleus of kilometric size. |