[kah] 
| a spiritual entity, an aspect of the individual, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death. |
| var. of ker-. |
| an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually forming adverbs or interjections: kerflop; kerplunk; ker-splosh. |
| cath·ode (kāth'ōd') n. Abbr. ka
[Greek kathodos, descent : kat-, kata-, cata- + hodos, way, path.] ca·thod'ic (kā-thŏd'ĭk) adj., ca·thod'i·cal·ly adv. |
| ka abbr. cathode |
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| Ka kilo amperes |
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in ancient Egyptian religion, with the ba and the akh, a principal aspect of the soul of a human being or of a god. The exact significance of the ka remains a matter of controversy, chiefly for lack of an Egyptian definition; the usual translation, "double," is incorrect. Written by a hieroglyph of uplifted arms, it seemed originally to have designated the protecting divine spirit of a person. The ka survived the death of the body and could reside in a picture or statue of a person
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