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Definition(s) of “K”
k
abbreviation
• karat.
• [in combination ] (in units of measurement) kilo- : a distance of 700 kpc.
• kopeck(s).
symbol
a constant in a formula or equation.
• Chemistry Boltzmann's constant.
K 1 |kā| (also k)
noun ( pl. Ks or K's )
the eleventh letter of the alphabet.
• denoting the next after J in a set of items, categories, etc.
K 2
abbreviation
• kelvin(s).
• Computing kilobyte(s).
• kilometer(s).
• kindergarten.
• king (used esp. in describing play in card games and recording moves in chess) : declarer overruffed with ♦K and led another spade | 18.Ke2.
• knit (as an instruction in knitting patterns) : K 42 rows.
• Köchel (catalog of Mozart's works) : the Sinfonia Concertante, K364.
• informal thousand (used chiefly in expressing salaries or other sums of money). [ORIGIN: from kilo- [thousand.] ]
• Baseball strikeout.
symbol
the chemical element potassium. [ORIGIN: from modern Latin kalium.]
kelvin |ˈkelvən| (abbr.: K)
noun
the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Lord Kelvin .
potassium |pəˈtasēəm|
noun
the chemical element of atomic number 19, a soft, silvery-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group. (Symbol: K)
DERIVATIVES
potassic |-ˈtasik| adjective ( Mineralogy).
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: Latinization of potash or earlier potass (from French potasse) by Sir Humphry Lowry, who first separated the element from potash.