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|title = Kilogram
|work = Oxford Dictionaries
|accessdate =2011-11-03}}</ref>கிலோகிராம் எனும் உச்சரிப்பு தற்போது அதிக சர்வதேச அமைப்புக்களால் அங்கீகரிக்கப்பட்ட உச்சரிப்பு முறையாகும்.
|accessdate =2011-11-03}}</ref><ref group="Note">The spelling ''kilogram'' is the modern spelling used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the U.S. [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST), the UK’s [[National Measurement Office]], [[National Research Council of Canada]], and the [[National Measurement Institute, Australia]].</ref> UK law regulating the units to be used when [[Weights and Measures Act|trading by weight or measure]] does not prevent the use of either spelling.<ref>{{cite web
19 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் பிரான்சிய சொல்லான ''கிலோ'' (''kilo''), எனும் ''கிலோகிராமே'' (''kilogramme'') எனும் சொல்லின் குறு எழுத்துமுறை ஆங்கில மொழிக்குள் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டது.கிலோ எனும் சொல்லும் கிலோகிராம் எனும் ஒரே பொருளையே தருகிறது.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
|url = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/section/92
|title = Spelling of "gram", etc
|work = [[Weights and Measures Act|Weights and Measures Act 1985]]
|publisher = [[Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]]
|date = 30 October 1985
|accessdate =2011-11-06}}</ref>
In the 19th century the French word ''kilo'', a [[Clipping (morphology)|shortening]] of ''kilogramme'', was imported into the English language where it has been used to mean both kilogram<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
|year=1989
|edition = 2nd
|publisher = [[The Economist]]
|date = 7 January 2002
|accessdate =2011-11-08}}</ref> அமெரிக்காவின் காங்கிரஸ் மெட்ரிக் முறையை 1866 அறிமுகப்படுத்திய போது அந்தக்காங்கிரஸ் ''கிலோ'' எனும் சொல்லை கிலோகிராமின் மாற்றுப்பெயராக பயன்படுத்த அனுமதி அளித்தது,<ref>{{cite web
|accessdate =2011-11-08}}</ref> its use is typically considered inappropriate in certain applications including scientific, technical and legal writing, where authors should adhere strictly to SI nomenclature.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/wrtps/index-eng.html?lang=eng&lettr=indx_catlog_k&page=431.html
|work=Termium Plus
|publisher=Government of Canada|title=kilogram, kg, kilo |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictK.html
|title=kilo
|work=How Many?
|accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> When the [[United States Congress]] gave the metric system legal status in 1866, it permitted the use of the word ''kilo'' as an alternative to the word ''kilogram'',<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/metric-act-bill.html
|title=H.R. 596, An Act to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures
|author=29th Congress of the United States, Session 1
|date=13 May 1866
}}</ref> but inஆனால் 1990 ஆம் ஆண்டு ''கிலோ'' என்னும் சொல் பயன்பாடு பற்றிய கருத்தை மீளப்பெற்றது. revoked the status of the word ''kilo''.<ref>{{cite journal
|journal = [[Federal Register]]
|volume = 63
|accessdate =2011-11-10}}</ref>
In 1948 the [[CGPM]] commissioned the [[CIPM]] to "to make recommendations for a single practical system of units of measurement, suitable for adoption by all countries adhering to the Metre Convention".<ref>{{cite conference
|url = http://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/9/6/
|title = Resolution 6 - Proposal for establishing a practical system of units of measurement
|conference = 9th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM)
|date = 12–21 October 1948
|accessdate =2011-05-08}}</ref> This led to the launch of SI in 1960 and the subsequent publication of the "SI Brochure," which stated that "It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names ...".<ref>{{SIBrochure8th|page = 130}}</ref><ref group = Note>The French text (which is the authoritiative text) states "''Il n’est pas autorisé d’utiliser des abréviations pour les symboles et noms d’unités ...''"</ref>
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