Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang One thousand dollars.
- The symbol for the element potassium.
- abbr. kaon.
- abbr. kelvin.
- abbr. kilobyte.
- abbr. kindergarten.
- abbr. Games king
- abbr. Bible Kings
- abbr. strikeout.
Wiktionary
- n. The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- n. chemistry Symbol for potassium.
- n. Symbol for kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. Specifically (U+212A version)
- n. baseball The statistic for strikeouts.
- n. biochemistry IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for lysine.
- n. geology Symbol for hydraulic conductivity.
- n. Thousand.
- n. US The initial letter of the call sign of radio stations west of the Mississippi (see also W)
- n. over, waiting for reply
- n. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
- n. The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
- abbr. education, US Kindergarten.
- abbr. computing Kilo-, 1,024.
- abbr. computing A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
- abbr. Go ahead, over: an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
- abbr. baseball Strikeouts.
- abbr. chess King.
- abbr. biology Carrying capacity.
- abbr. slang OK.
- abbr. knitting knit
- n. law, informal A contract.
Etymologies
- k(ilo)-.From New Latin kalium, potassium; see hypokalemia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The 13th CGPM (1967) adopted the name kelvin (symbol K) instead of "degree Kelvin" (symbol °K) and defined the unit of thermodynamic temperature as follows:”
“K ( x) K² iff, for all individuals d DM and for all”
“There are two ways of spelling out the interpretation of so-called duplex conditions of the form K ( x) K².”
“Since the spring in K is now extended further than before, so too, according to the principle of equivalence, must the spring in K′ be.”
“It is a simple exercise in Newtonian mechanics to show that, so far as purely mechanical experiments within K and K′ are con - cerned, there is no way of distinguishing between K and K′.”
“At once this permitted a general principle of relativity embracing all motion, for if an experimenter in K, or in K′, could no longer determine the extent to which physical effects were due to uniform acceleration and to what extent to uniform gravitation, acceleration need no longer be regarded as absolute.”
“For, consider equal particles suspended from equal springs in K and K′.”
“Wöhler's results agree closely with the rule, k_ {max.} = ½ [Delta] + [root] (K²-n [Delta] K), where n is a constant which varies from 1.3 to 2 in various qualities of iron and steel.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
“K N, assumes the position of A K* N on the right side.”
“K K*, and the compressed lung, the operation of paracentesis thoracis should be performed at the point K, or between K and the latissimus dorsi muscle, so as to avoid any possibility of wounding the heart.”
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Baseball Terms
Slang and plain words used to describe the great game of baseball.
groundout, single, caught looking, run it out, day game, getaway day, doubleheader, whiff, Texas Leaguer, wheelhouse, swipe a bag, utility player and 89 more...
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All Things Scrabble
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Boy or Girl Letters?
I recently had a discussion with my family on the sex of language. So I was just wondering about y'all's opinions on the gender/sex of American English letters.
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Knitting
Add anything you like--I'm sure we can stitch it all together somehow.
knit, knitting, yarn, K, P, YO, SSK, loop, cast on, stockinette, purl, knit two together and 54 more...
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
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Favorites
ostensibly, surreptitiously, seriously, apparently, vociferous, guitar, asphalt, glee, glitter, fascinating, asynchronous, cunt and 128 more...
Tweets
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