K
\kˈe͡ɪ], \kˈeɪ], \k_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of K
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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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
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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street names for ketamine
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the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
By Princeton University
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denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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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
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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The eleventh letter and eight consonant of the English alphabet , comes directly from the Greek kappa, H. kaph. Its sound is invariably like that of c hard, as in call, keel, ken. Before n it is silent, as in know, knee. As a numeral it stands for 250, or with a dash over it (K), 250,000.
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