Dictionary
K
kPronunciation: (kā), [key]—
n.,
—pl. K's or Ks, k's or ks.
1. the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any sound represented by the letter
K or
k, as in
bilk, kit, or
sick.
3. something having the shape of a
K.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter
K or
k.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter
K or
k.K
1. Chess.king.
2. Physics.Kelvin.
3. the number 1000:
The salary offered is $20K.
4. Music.See
Köchel listing.
5. kindergarten:
a K–12 boarding school.
6. Real Estate.kitchen.
K
—
Symbol.
1. the eleventh in order or in a series, or, when
I is omitted, the tenth.
2. Chem.potassium.
3. Computers.
a. the number 1024 or 2
10:
A binary 32K memory has 32,768 positions.
b. kilobyte.
4. Baseball.strikeout; strikeouts.
5. Physics.kaon.
6. Biochem.lysine.
K
Ecol.
carrying capacity.
k
—
Symbol.
1. Math.a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.
2. See
Boltzmann constant. K.
1. kip; kips.
2. Knight.
3. kwacha.
k.
1. Elect.capacity.
2. karat.
3. kilogram; kilograms.
4. Chess.king.
5. knight.
6. knot.
7. kopeck.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
