k

K, k

[key]
noun, plural K's or Ks, k's or 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.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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K

1.
Chess. king.
2.
Physics. Kelvin.
3.
the number 1000: The salary offered is $20K. Origin:
abbreviation of kilo-.
4.
Music. Köchel listing.
5.
kindergarten : a K–12 boarding school.
6.
Real Estate. kitchen.

K

Symbol.
1.
the eleventh in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the tenth.
2.
Chemistry, potassium, Origin:
< Neo-Latin kalium.
3.
Computers.
a.
the number 1024 or 2 10 : A binary 32K memory has 32,768 positions.
b.
kilobyte.
4.
Baseball. strikeout; strikeouts.
5.
Physics. kaon.
6.
Biochemistry, lysine.

K

Ecology.
carrying capacity.

k

Symbol.
1.
Mathematics. a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.
2.
Boltzmann constant.

K.

1.
kip; kips.
2.
Knight.
3.
kwacha.

k.

1.
Electricity, capacity.
2.
karat.
3.
kilogram; kilograms.
4.
Chess. king.
5.
knight.
6.
knot.
7.
kopeck.
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World English Dictionary
k or K (keɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl k's, K's, Ks
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
 
K or K
 
—n

k or K (keɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl k's, K's, Ks
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
 
K or K
 
—n

k
 
—symbol for
1.  kilo(s)
2.  maths the unit vector along the z-axis

K
 
—symbol for, —abbreviation for
1.  kelvin(s)
2.  chess king
3.  chem potassium
4.  physics kaon
5.  currency
 a.  kina
 b.  kip
 c.  kopeck
 d.  kwacha
 e.  kyat
6.  one thousand
7.  computing
 a.  a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes
 b.  (not in technical usage) 1000
8.  Cambodia (international car registration)
 
—symbol for, —abbreviation for
1.  kelvin(s)
2.  chess king
3.  chem potassium
4.  physics kaon
5.  currency
 a.  kina
 b.  kip
 c.  kopeck
 d.  kwacha
 e.  kyat
6.  one thousand
7.  computing
 a.  a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes
 b.  (not in technical usage) 1000
8.  Cambodia (international car registration)
 
[(for sense 3) from New Latin kalium; (for sense 6) from kilo-; (for sense 8) from Kampuchea]

K or K.
 
—abbreviation for
Köchel: indicating the serial number in the catalogue (1862) of the works of Mozart made by Ludwig von Köchel (1800--77)
 
K. or K.
 
—abbreviation for

K or K.
 
—abbreviation for
Köchel: indicating the serial number in the catalogue (1862) of the works of Mozart made by Ludwig von Köchel (1800--77)
 
K. or K.
 
—abbreviation for

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Word Origin & History

K
"one thousand dollars," 1970s, from kilo-. As an indication of "strikeout" in baseball scorekeeping, first recorded c.1880, said to be from last letter of struck, since first letter was already being used as abbreviation for sacrifice. The invention of the scorecard symbols is attributed to newspaperman
Henry Chadwick. K as a measure of capacity (esp. in computer memory) or number (esp. of salary), meaning "one thousand" is an abbrev. of kilo (q.v.).
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Medical Dictionary

K 1

The symbol for the element potassium.

K 2
abbr.
Kelvin

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Science Dictionary
K  

  1. Abbreviation of kelvin

  2. The symbol for potassium.


potassium   (pə-tās'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol K
A soft, highly reactive, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali group occurring in nature only in compounds. It is essential for the growth of plants and is used especially in fertilizers and soaps. Atomic number 19; atomic weight 39.098; melting point 63.65°C; boiling point 774°C; specific gravity 0.862; valence 1. See Periodic Table.
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Slang Dictionary

K definition

[ke]
  1. n.
    and kee; key; ki. [ki]a kilogram of cannabis. (Drugs.) : Well, how much is a ki?
  2. n.
    ketamine hydrochloride, a drug similar to LSD. (Drugs.) : You want to try this K. stuff?
  3. n.
    a thousand (of anything, such as dollars, bytes, etc.). : This car is worth at least twenty K.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

K definition

unit
kilo-, a kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix, like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte.
See prefix.
[Jargon File]
(1995-09-29)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
k

  1. karat

  2. 1000

K

  1. Cambodia (international vehicle ID)

  2. kaon

  3. Kelvin

  4. kicker

  5. kilobyte

  6. kindergarten

  7. king

  8. Kings

  9. knight

  10. 1,000

  11. 1,024 (the closest number to 1,000 that is a power of 2—used for certain measurements, such as bytes)

  12. potassium

  13. strikeout

k.

  1. kopek

  2. krona

  3. krone

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