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Quick Answer. A click, or klick to use the spelling generally utilized in the U.S. military, is equal to a distance of 1 kilometer, or .062 miles. According to About.com U.S. Military, this term came into widespread use during the Vietnam War. Continue Reading.
It depends if you mean click or klick. Klick is slang for kilometer. Click, on the other hand, ...is used when sighting-in a weapon, such as a rifle. On most weapons, one click equals one second of arc, or -- in other words, one inch of distance at one hundred yards. So, moving the site adjustments of the rifle one click will change the point of impact one inch for a target 100 yards away, two inches for a target 200 yards away, and so forth.