Noun
- 1. kelvin, K, temperature unit
- usage: the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- 2. potassium, K, atomic number 19, metallic element, metal
- usage: 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
- 3. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard, large integer
- usage: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- 4. kilobyte, K, KB, kB, computer memory unit
- usage: a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
- 5. kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB, computer memory unit
- usage: a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
- 6. K, k, letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
- usage: the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
- 7. K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride, Ketalar
- usage: street names for ketamine
Adjective
- 1. thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k, cardinal (vs. ordinal)
- usage: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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