Kilogram vs Superwelterweight - What's the difference?
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In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg
(proscribed) Hence, the unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
(boxing) Pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight
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As a noun kilogram
is in the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg.As an adjective superwelterweight is
pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight.kilogram
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(en noun)Usage notes
* (sense) The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location, because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed, but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)See also
* (wikipedia "kilogram") ----superwelterweight
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