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Kilims (Persian: Ú¯ÙÛÙââ gelÄ«m, Azerbaijani: Kilim Ú©ÛÙÛÙ, Turkish: Kilim, Turkmen: Kilim) are flat tapestry-woven carpets or rugs produced from the Balkans to Pakistan. Kilims can be purely decorative or can function as prayer rugs. Modern kilims are popular floor-coverings in Western households.
The definition of the kilogram is undergoing a fundamental changeâthe current definition defines the kilogram as being the mass of the international prototype kilogram which is an artefact, not a constant of nature while the new definition relates it to the equivalent energy of a photon via the Planck constant.