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Definition of K in English :

K

Noun

the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

kelvin

a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

3. 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

4. k, kb, kilobyte

a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

kb
kilobyte

5. k, kb, kib, kibibyte, kilobyte

a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

6. k

the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

7. cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, k, special k, super acid, super c

street names for ketamine

Adjective

8. 1000, k, m, one thousand, thousand

denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

K

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nounWord forms: plural k's, K's or Ks

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

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

3. five Ks

symbol for

kilo(s)

2. mathematics

the unit vector along the z-axis

symbol for

kelvin(s)

2. chess

king

3. chemistry

potassium

4. physics

kaon

5. currency

kina

kip

kopeck

kwacha

kyat

one thousand

7. computing

a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes

(not in technical usage) 1000

abbreviation for

Cambodia (international car registration)

abbreviation for

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

K

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noun

1. Computing

kilobyte

2. Informal

a thousand dollars

she earns 40K now

karat (carat)

kathode (cathode)

3. Physics

Kelvin

4. American Football

kicker

: sometimes written k

kilometer

kindergarten

7. Chess

king

8. Bible

Kings

knit

10.

kosher: prepared according to kashrut

11. US, Baseball

strikeout

12. Computing

the number 1,024, or 210

13. Music

a prefix to the numbers of the works of W. A. Mozart as indexed in the catalog of his works compiled by L. Köchel (1800-77), Austrian musicologist

1. Electricity

capacity

2. Chemistry

potassium

nounWord forms: plural K's or k's

the eleventh letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek kappa, a borrowing from the Phoenician

any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (k) of kept

a type or impression for k or K

the eleventh in a sequence or group

an object shaped like K

adjective

of k or K

eleventh in a sequence or group

shaped like K

karat (carat)

kilo-

kilogram

kilometer

kopeck(s)

Boltzmann constant

K

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n.
Slang

One thousand dollars.

n. pl. k's or K's also ks or Ks

1. The 11th letter of the modern English alphabet.

2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter k.

3. The 11th in a series.

4. Something shaped like the letter K.

abbr.

karat

The symbol for potassium.

abbr.

1. kelvin

2. kicker

3. kilobyte

4. kilometer

5. kindergarten

6. Games king

7. Bible Kings

8. strikeout

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