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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kelvin, Knoun

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

  2. potassium, K, atomic number 19noun

    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. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yardnoun

    the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

  4. kilobyte, K, KB, kBnoun

    a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

  5. kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiBnoun

    a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

  6. K, knoun

    the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

  7. K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super Cadjective

    street names for ketamine

  8. thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, kadjective

    denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

Wiktionary

  1. knoun

    The eleventh letter of the English alphabet.

  2. knoun

    See K

  3. knoun

    A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).

  4. knoun

    (Also spelled 'kay.)

  5. k

    kilometre or kilometres.

    We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.

  6. k

    thousand or thousands.

    Just about 65 k of Jack's full salaray comes from servicing the Baker account.

  7. k

    The SI measurement value of 1,000

  8. Knoun

    A contract.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. K

    A letter borrowed by the English from the Greek alphabet. It has before all the vowels one invariable sound: as, keen, ken, kill; but is not much in use, except after c at the end of words: as, knock, clock, crack, back, brick, stick, pluck, check, which were written anciently with e final: as, clocke, checke, tricke. It is also in use between a vowel and the silent e final: as, cloke, broke, brake, pike, duke, eke. It likewise ends a word after a diphthong: as, look, break, shock, beek. The English never use c at the end of a word. K is silent in the present pronunciation before n: as, knife, knee, knell.

Wikipedia

  1. K

    K is the eleventh letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is kay (pronounced ), plural kays. The letter K usually represents the voiceless velar plosive.

ChatGPT

  1. k

    "K" is the eleventh letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is also used as a symbol, abbreviation or variable in various disciplines including mathematics, science, computer programming, and physics, representing a certain value or concept. In mathematics, it is typically used to represent a constant. The specific usage and meaning can change depending on the context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. K

    the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see)

Wikidata

  1. K

    K is the eleventh letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. K

    [from kilo-] A kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix (like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte). See quantifiers.

  2. k

    [rare; poss fr. kilo- prefix] Extremely. Rare among hackers, but quite common among crackers and warez d00dz in compounds such as k-kool /K´kool´/, k-rad /K´rad´/, and k-awesome /K´aw`sm/. Also used to intensify negatives; thus, k-evil, k-lame, k-screwed, and k-annoying. Overuse of this prefix, or use in more formal or technical contexts, is considered an indicator of lamer status.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. K

    The symbol for electrostatic capacity.

Editors Contribution

  1. K

    K = 1,000 from s1.


    Submitted by rinat on December 11, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of K in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of K in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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