The energy exerted, or work done, when a mass of 1 kg is raised a height of 1 m; equal to 9.80665 J in the SI system.
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kilogram-meter or chiefly Brit kilogramme-metre n the mks gravitational unit of work and energy equal to the work done by a kilogram force acting through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force: about 7.235 foot-pounds
Medical dictionary. 2011.