k
a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.
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- a variation of kk.
k
1 American
K
2
American
abbreviation
Ecology.
K
3
American
[key]
/ keɪ /
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k
noun
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K's,
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Ks,
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k's,
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ks
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the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any sound represented by the letter K or k, as in bilk, kit, or sick.
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something having the shape of a K .
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a written or printed representation of the letter K or k.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter K or k.
K
4
American
abbreviation
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the number 1000.
The salary offered is $20K.
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kilometer, especially in a footrace or wheelchair race on a road or track.
She’s training to run her first 10K this summer.
K
5
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abbreviation
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Chess. king.
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Physics. Kelvin.
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Music. Köchel listing.
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kindergarten.
a K–12 boarding school.
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Real Estate. kitchen.
K
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American
k.
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abbreviation
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Electricity. capacity.
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karat.
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kilogram; kilograms.
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Chess. king.
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knight.
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knot.
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kopeck.
K.
8
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abbreviation
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kip; kips.
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Knight.
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kwacha.
K
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British
symbol
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kelvin(s)
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chess king
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chem potassium
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physics kaon
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currency
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kina
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kip
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kopeck
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kwacha
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kyat
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one thousand
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computing
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a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes
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(not in technical usage) 1000
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abbreviation
k
2
British
/ keɪ /
noun
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the 11th letter and 8th consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless velar stop, as in kitten
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See five Ks
k
3
British
symbol
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kilo(s)
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maths the unit vector along the z-axis
K
4
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of K4
Abbreviation of kilo- K 2 for def. 1; abbreviation of kilometer ( def. ) K 2 for def. 2
Origin of K6
K 4 def. 6 from German Kalium
Example Sentences
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The economy has shifted from a lowercase k to an uppercase one, a Wall Street researcher told me this past week.
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
The track she was looking at, later labelled k, was evidence of an unknown particle, now known as the kaon or K meson.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
Repeat this algorithm for all one-digit numerical values of i, j and k, and the result will always be either a happy or a sad number.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2023
He then shared a story how when he was younger, he once got the letters x,y, z and k in Scrabble — and spent 15 minutes determined to try to make a move.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Our proud lettering along the side was scorched, showing only the k of the Auk and only one X of the XX.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
"I probably went a few years where I wasn't very proud of how I played in the Irish Open," said McIlroy, whose first victory at the tournament also came at the K Club, in 2016.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Like Rahm, McIlroy hopes to join European legends Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie on three Irish Open wins after capturing his second title at the K Club last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Flu hit early last winter, with a new mutated version of the virus circulating - a seasonal influenza called subclade K or Super-K.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, Claude allowed that the English spelling with a K is also acceptable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“On your mark,” said Miss K a second time.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
It was truly a scene at that time, often set to music by Robert John Burck, a. k. a. the Naked Cowboy, a fervent supporter of Mr. Trump.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
But just as bell hooks, the feminist writer, and k. d. lang, the singer-songwriter, often see their names appear with unwanted capital letters, lowercase compositions are often capitalized on their way to publication.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
The Japanese took to the game so wholeheartedly that today their system is actually overbuilt; generating stations with a capacity of some 300,000 k. w. lie idle.
From Time Magazine Archive
O. N. k regularly remains k. k > ch finally in screch.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
Some Circes shall make him, of // | Circes. od. k. a plaine English man, a right Italian.
From The Schoolmaster by Roger Ascham
She launched her career as a crime reporter at the Day in New London, Conn., where her work uncovering a predatory lending scheme earned her the Thomas K. Brindley Award for Public Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
For the Amicus bonus episode, Dahlia unpacks the election mayhem happening in Missouri with Madiba K. Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Other Pitt authors include doctoral students Alexander K. Kunisky and Jude Baroudi, post-baccalaureate research fellows Sahar and Sahel Ghorbanikalateh, and visiting scholar Shihan Wang.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
As long as technocrats are playing God, Ridley Scott’s 1982 interpretation of Philip K. Dick’s story will never go out of style.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The leading early investigator, G. K. Gilbert of Columbia University, modeled the effects of impacts by flinging marbles into pans of oatmeal.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
New members to Circle K’s loyalty program get 25 cents off a gallon for their first five fuel-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
With Albania already assured of second place, Serbia beat Latvia 2-1 in a dead-rubber in Group K's other match.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
Stanford bound Mike Erspamer with the complete game shutout & 9 K’s; Kai Cesare with a 2 run double.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
It also said the case should be reviewed by the health board to determine how Mrs K’s was misdiagnosed.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2024
Miss K’s usually gentle voice cut through the commotion.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Only four pitchers in the majors this year recorded more Ks with a single pitch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024
Raley is also 2 for 11 with five Ks of his own.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The student didn't even care to investigate what the three Ks meant in Murillo's book title.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2023
Strider fanned 11 hitters to add to his MLB-leading strikeout total - his fourth start this season with double-digit Ks and 10th of his young career.
From Washington Times ● May 24, 2023
Once I felt the coast was clear, I began, first drawing the connected Ks and finishing with a wide circle around them, my custom style.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Hard consonants - k's, d's, hard c's and hard g's - gave me hell.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2010
It was because she has trouble saying words sometimes, especially beginnings, like b’s and t’s and k’s.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
He was the possessor of a polysyllabic name—a name sprinkled with k's, s's and z's, with a scarcity of vowels—a name that we could not pronounce, much less remember.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons
I believe it to be a sign of a man having arrived at the dignity of marriage; it is called esikoko, the two k’s signifying two clicks of the tongue.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
It is the repeated k's that make the croak so life-like. take him tail.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll
Bills 31st in NFL with 16 sac ks, including 10 in 23-0 win over Redskins.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2011
Fyodorov and his colleagues have performed more than 2,000 "radial ks" with, they claim, most of the cases improving to at least 20/25 vision.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the construction of big military bases at Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska became more than a massive map sprinkled with names full of harsh ks and ts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Exceptions.—X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled; and when the derivative does not retain the accent of the root, the final consonant is not always doubled: as, prefer' + ence = pref'erence.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled: thus, from mix, we have mixed, mixing, and mixer.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
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