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K

1
Or k

[key]

noun

plural

K's, Ks, k's, ks. 

  1. the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any sound represented by the letter K or k, as in bilk, kit, or sick.

  3. something having the shape of a K .

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter K or k.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter K or k.

K

2

abbreviation

  1. the number 1000.

    The salary offered is $20K.

  2. kilometer, especially in a footrace or wheelchair race on a road or track.

    She’s training to run her first 10K this summer.

K

3

abbreviation

  1. Chess.king.

  2. Physics.Kelvin.

  3. Music.Köchel listing.

  4. kindergarten.

    a K–12 boarding school.

  5. Real Estate.kitchen.

K

4
Symbol.

  1. the eleventh in order or in a series.

  2. Computers.

    1. the number 1024 or 2 10 .

      A binary 32K memory has 32,768 positions.

    2. kilobyte.

  3. Baseball.strikeout; strikeouts.

  4. Physics.kaon.

  5. Biochemistry.lysine.

  6. Chemistry.potassium.

k

5
Symbol.

  1. Mathematics.a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.

  2. Boltzmann constant.

K

6

abbreviation

Ecology.

  1. carrying capacity.

k.

7

abbreviation

  1. Electricity.capacity.

  2. karat.

  3. kilogram; kilograms.

  4. Chess.king.

  5. knight.

  6. knot.

  7. kopeck.

K.

8

abbreviation

  1. kip; kips.

  2. Knight.

  3. kwacha.

K

1

symbol

  1. kelvin(s)

  2. chess king

  3. chem potassium

  4. physics kaon

  5. currency

    1. kina

    2. kip

    3. kopeck

    4. kwacha

    5. kyat

  6. one thousand

  7. computing

    1. a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes

    2. (not in technical usage) 1000

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abbreviation

  1. Cambodia (international car registration)

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k

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. the 11th letter and 8th consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless velar stop, as in kitten

  3. See five Ks

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k

3

symbol

  1. kilo(s)

  2. maths the unit vector along the z-axis

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K

4

abbreviation

  1. Köchel: indicating the serial number in the catalogue (1862) of the works of Mozart made by Ludwig von Köchel (1800–77)

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of K1

Abbreviation of kilo- K 2 for def. 1; abbreviation of kilometer ( def. ) K 2 for def. 2

Origin of K2

K 4 def. 6 from German Kalium
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of K1

(for sense 3) from New Latin kalium ; (for sense 6) from kilo- ; (for sense 8) from Kampuchea

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