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K2

Pronunciation: /keɪ/
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Definition of K

abbreviation

  • Cambodia (international vehicle registration).
    [from Kampuchea]
  • kelvin(s).
  • Computing kilobyte(s): it uses only 10K of RAM
  • kilometre(s): a 10K fun run
  • North American kindergarten: school districts may hire uncertified pre-K teachers
  • king (used especially 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 (catalogue of Mozart’s works):the Sinfonia Concertante, K364
  • (also k) informal thousand (used chiefly in expressing salaries or other sums of money):he earns about £50K a year
    [from kilo- 'thousand']

symbol

  • the chemical element potassium.
    [from modern Latin kalium]

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