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K
1[ key ]
noun
- the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any sound represented by the letter K or k, as in bilk, kit, or sick.
- something having the shape of a K .
- a written or printed representation of the letter K or k.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter K or k.
K
2abbreviation for
- the number 1000:
The salary offered is $20K.
- kilometer, especially in a footrace or wheelchair race on a road or track:
She’s training to run her first 10K this summer.
K
3abbreviation for
- Chess. king.
- Physics. Kelvin.
- Music. Köchel listing.
- kindergarten:
a K–12 boarding school.
- Real Estate. kitchen.
K
4- the eleventh in order or in a series.
- Computers.
- the number 1024 or 2 10 :
A binary 32K memory has 32,768 positions.
- Baseball. strikeout; strikeouts.
- Physics. kaon ( def ).
- Biochemistry. lysine ( def ).
- Chemistry. potassium ( def ).
k
5- Mathematics. a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.
K
6abbreviation for
- carrying capacity.
k.
7abbreviation for
- Electricity. capacity.
- karat.
- kilogram; kilograms.
- Chess. king.
- knight.
- knot.
- kopeck.
K.
8abbreviation for
- kip; kips.
- Knight.
- kwacha.
k
1symbol for
- kilo(s)
- maths the unit vector along the z-axis
K
3symbol for
- kelvin(s)
- chess king
- chem potassium
- physics kaon
- currency
- kina
- kip
- kopeck
- kwacha
- kyat
- one thousand
- computing
- a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes
- (not in technical usage) 1000
abbreviation for
- Cambodia (international car registration)
K
4abbreviation for
- 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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Example Sentences
“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.
His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
Only the L, K, and A of the old sign remain stuck to the side of the office.
Maybe giving Deborah K. Jones, our Ambassador to Libya, a 9mm SIG Sauer and a pair of nunchucks.
She alleges that he and twenty-or-so named colleagues collectively abused “alcohol, cocaine, mushrooms, Special-K, heroin.”
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
Had he not meant the Fleet to shove in K. must have made some reference to the second Division, surely.
In writing K. I try to convey the truth in terms which will neither give him needless anxiety or undue confidence.
Well, to steer a middle course between my duty to my force and my loyalty to K. is not so simple as it might seem.
As a fighting unit they are on their last legs and when they will be set upon their feet again Lord K. knows.
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