1. The 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
   - K, kay

1. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
   - thousand, one thousand, 1000, m

1. 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
   - potassium, atomic number 19 
2. Street names for ketamine
   - jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C 
3. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
   - thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard 
4. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
   - kilobyte, kibibyte, KB, kB, KiB 
5. The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Système International d'Unités
   - kelvin 
6. A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
   - kilobyte, KB, kB

Derived forms: ks, Ks

See also: cardinal

Type of: alphabetic character, computer memory unit, Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride, large integer, letter, letter of the alphabet, metal, metallic element, temperature unit

Part of: brine, carnallite, kainite, langbeinite, Latin alphabet, M, MB, mebibyte, megabyte, MiB, Roman alphabet, saltwater, seawater, sylvine, sylvite

Encyclopedia: K

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• Thiruvananthapuram
• this
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• thistle
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• thixotropic
• thixotropy