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Syllabification: (K)
Pronunciation: /kā/
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Definition of K

abbreviation

  • kelvin(s).
  • Computing kilobyte(s).
  • kilometer(s).
  • North American kindergarten.
  • 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 (catalog of Mozart’s works):the Sinfonia Concertante, K364
  • (also k) informal thousand (used chiefly in expressing salaries or other sums of money).
    [from kilo- 'thousand']
  • Baseball strikeout.

symbol

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

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