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k1 definition

k or K (kā)

noun pl. K's, k's

  1. the eleventh letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek kappa, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (k) of kept
  3. a type or impression for k or K
  4. the eleventh in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of k or K
  2. eleventh in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
k2 definition

k

  1. karat (carat)
  2. kilo-
  3. kilogram
  4. kilometer
  5. kopeck(s)
k3 definition

k

Boltzmann constant
K1 definition

K (kā)

noun

  1. Comput. kilobyte
  2. Informal a thousand dollars she earns 40K now

Etymology: k(ilo-)

K2 definition

K

  1. karat (carat)
  2. kathode (cathode)
  3. Physics Kelvin
  4. Football kicker
    sometimes written k
  5. kilometer
  6. kindergarten
  7. Chess king
  8. Bible Kings
  9. knit
  10. kosher: prepared according to kashrut
  11. ☆

    Etymology: < (struc)k (out)

    Baseball strikeout
  12. Comput. the number 1,024, or 2
  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
K3 definition

K

  1. Elec. capacity

  2. Etymology: ModL kalium < Ar (al-)qili: see alkali

    Chem. potassium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business K definition - business

telecom k definition - telecom

k Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • let: Also let k = 1 % , a reasonable figure for a good quality loudspeaker.

Adjective modifier

  • constant: The rate constant k is also dependant on temperature.

Modifies a noun

  • l: If the output symmetry is a higher symmetry, then all input reflections will output, with more observations per h k l set.

Noun used with modifier

  • j: Of prwora on car insurance online policy a quarter of statistics gabel j k advisory mental health.
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