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• k
  k

  a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.
• K
  K

  abbreviation

  carrying capacity.
• k.
  k.

  abbreviation

  capacity.
• K.
  K.

  abbreviation

  kip; kips.

k

¹ American  

Symbol.

1. Mathematics. a vector on the z-axis, having length 1 unit.

2. Boltzmann constant.

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K ² American  

abbreviation

Ecology.

1. carrying capacity.

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K ³ American  

[key] / keɪ /

Or k

noun

• K's,
  plural
• Ks,
  plural
• k's,
  plural
• ks
  plural

1. the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any sound represented by the letter K or k, as in bilk, kit, or sick.

3. something having the shape of a K .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter K or k.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter K or k.

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K ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. the number 1000.

   The salary offered is $20K.

2. kilometer, especially in a footrace or wheelchair race on a road or track.

   She’s training to run her first 10K this summer.

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K ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Chess. king.

2. Physics. Kelvin.

3. Music. Köchel listing.

4. kindergarten.

   a K–12 boarding school.

5. Real Estate. kitchen.

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K ⁶ American  

Symbol.

1. the eleventh in order or in a series.

2. Computers.

   1. the number 1024 or 2 10 .

      A binary 32K memory has 32,768 positions.

   2. kilobyte.

3. Baseball. strikeout; strikeouts.

4. Physics. kaon.

5. Biochemistry. lysine.

6. Chemistry. potassium.

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k. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Electricity. capacity.

2. karat.

3. kilogram; kilograms.

4. Chess. king.

5. knight.

6. knot.

7. kopeck.

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K. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. kip; kips.

2. Knight.

3. kwacha.

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K ¹ British  

symbol

1. kelvin(s)

2. chess king

3. chem potassium

4. physics kaon

5. currency

   1. kina

   2. kip

   3. kopeck

   4. kwacha

   5. kyat

6. one thousand

7. computing

   1. a unit of 1024 words, bits, or bytes

   2. (not in technical usage) 1000

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abbreviation

1. Cambodia (international car registration)

k ² British  

/ keɪ /

noun

1. the 11th letter and 8th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless velar stop, as in kitten

3. See five Ks

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k ³ British  

symbol

1. kilo(s)

2. maths the unit vector along the z-axis

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K ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Köchel: indicating the serial number in the catalogue (1862) of the works of Mozart made by Ludwig von Köchel (1800–77)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• K's
  plural
• Ks
  plural
• k's
  plural
• ks
  plural

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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k K k. K. K's Ks k's ks

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

With these new values for i, j and k, continue the algorithm at step 2.

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

Autumn signs, using her fingers to form the o and k signs.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The deal, if successful, would be the largest-ever acquisition for the owner of Circle K, which abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last year, the ministers, K Shanmugam and Tan See Leng, sued Bloomberg and reporter Low De Wei for a 2024 article which had mentioned their property deals.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“The upgrade from the K Series to the L Series has been dramatic,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

That K shape, they said, has increasingly been molded by so-called superfans — artists’ most devoted followers, who are willing to pay up for seats at the front of the house and VIP packages.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

As the last bell rang, Miss K hurried into the room with a worried look on her face.

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

Or are suddainly shot forth; which upon that score I call them explosive, as k. c. q. t. d. b. p.

From The Talking Deaf Man A Method Proposed, Whereby He Who is Born Deaf, May Learn to Speak by Daniel Foot

Now king Henrie hearing of the good successe of his men, passed ouer The k. passeth ouer to Normandie.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. by Raphael Holinshed

The team combined observations from the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, with advanced computer simulations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

CREW, founded in 2003 as a nonpartisan organization dedicated to government accountability and ethics, is headed by Donald K. Sherman, a former House Ethics Committee attorney and special assistant to President Joseph Biden.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Kids, seniors and families all across L.A. are going to get what they need and deserve,” said Sarah K. Friedman, a manager of special programs for the advocacy group Trust for Public Land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Prosecutors allege that the man, identified in a press release as Serhii K., was aboard the boat that ferried the divers to the pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

It was while we were in the midst of this packing that Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Hu came calling.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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

For The K's guitarist Ryan Breslyn, soaring costs have put him off returning to the US after his last tour seven years ago when the group supported The Who.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024

More than Miss K’s hair was needed to repair that wreck.

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

When Scherzer got to the dugout and stopped on the steps after those consecutive Ks, there was a brief conversation with manager Bruce Bochy, who at one point motioned toward the Rangers bullpen in right-center.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

The student didn't even care to investigate what the three Ks meant in Murillo's book title.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2023

He is 5 for 54 with 27 Ks in his last 18 games, but he leads the Cubs with 14 homers this season.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 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

Here in Fiji the singing was harsh and discordant, as k’s and r’s abound in the language.

From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by H. Wilfrid Walker

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

There is vacillation in his k's and self-esteem in his capitals.

From The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

Yet ks, ts are often given with purity in bex, bux, Axl.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer