Lexic.us

Definition of K

1. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.

2. Noun. The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.

3. Noun. 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.

4. Noun. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

5. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes.

6. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.

7. Noun. The 11th letter of the Roman alphabet.

8. Noun. Street names for ketamine.

Definition of K

1. Letter. (Latn-def en letter 11 kay) ¹

2. Number. (Latn-def en ordinal 11 kay) ¹

3. Abbreviation. (context education US) kindergarten ¹

4. Abbreviation. (computing often) kilo-, 1,024. ¹

5. Abbreviation. (non-gloss definition A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood.") ¹

6. Abbreviation. (non-gloss definition In morse code K means "go ahead" or "over" as a procedural signal. ) ¹

7. Abbreviation. (baseball) strikeout Strikeouts. ¹

8. Abbreviation. (chess) king ¹

9. Noun. (legal informal) A contract. ¹

10. Letter. (Latn-def en letter 11 kay) ¹

11. Letter. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river. ¹

12. Number. (Latn-def en ordinal 11 kay) ¹

13. Noun. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet. ¹

14. Noun. (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB). ¹

15. Noun. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres. ¹

16. Noun. (colloquial) thousand or thousands. ¹

17. Noun. The SI measurement value of 1,000 ¹

18. Abbreviation. See K ¹

19. Abbreviation. (colloquial texting Internet slang) (abbreviation of okay) (Also spelled '''kay''.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of K

1. Mathematical symbol usually used for Boltzmann's Constant. Value is 1.4 x 10^-23 Joules/Kelvin (in SI units), or 1.4 x 10^-16 ergs/Kelvin (in cgs units). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of K

juxtapositional juxtapositioned juxtapositioning juxtapositions juxtaposits juxtapupillary juxtapupillary choroiditis juxtarestiform juxtarestiform body juxtoposition

jy jymold jynxes jökulhlaup jökulhlaups k k-adic k-adic notation k-cell k-line

k-meson k-rad k-rail k-ras k-value kB-cells kB/s kBps kDa kHz

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