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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun k has 7 senses
- k(n = noun.quantity) kelvin - the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; Array is a kind of temperature unit
- k(n = noun.substance) atomic number 19, potassium - 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; Array is a kind of metal, metallic element
- k(n = noun.quantity) 1000, chiliad, g, grand, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100; Array is a kind of large integer
- k(n = noun.quantity) kb, kilobyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes; Array is a kind of computer memory unit
- k(n = noun.quantity) kb, kib, kibibyte, kilobyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes; Array is a kind of computer memory unit
- k(n = noun.communication) Array - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet; Array is a member of latin alphabet, roman alphabet
- k(n = noun.artifact) cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, special k, super acid, super c - street names for ketamine; Array is a kind of ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride
has particulars: millenary
is a part of m, mb, megabyte
has parts: word
is a part of m, mb, mebibyte, megabyte, mib
is a kind of alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet
Adjective k has 1 sense
- k(s = adj.all) 1000, m, one thousand, thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
k,
the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phœnician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c , g , h (which see).
"In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked, checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c , before the vowels e and i , would be sounded like s . Formerly, k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
k, n. (also k) (pl. Ks or K's) the eleventh letter of the alphabet.
k, abbr. (also K.)
1 kelvin(s).
2 King, King's.
3 K{ouml}chel (catalogue of Mozart's works).
4 (also k) (prec. by a numeral) a Computing a unit of 1,024 (i.e. 2(10)) bytes or bits, or loosely 1,000. b 1,000.
1 kelvin(s).
2 King, King's.
3 K{ouml}chel (catalogue of Mozart's works).
4 (also k) (prec. by a numeral) a Computing a unit of 1,024 (i.e. 2(10)) bytes or bits, or loosely 1,000. b 1,000.
k, symb. Chem. the element potassium.
k, abbr.
1 kilo-.
2 knot(s).
1 kilo-.
2 knot(s).
DEVIL DICTIONARY
k
is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called _Klatch_, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, _circa_ 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always _Klatch_ and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question.ROGET THESAURUS
k
Lawyer
N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.
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