Kt
abbreviation
Kt
1 American
Or
Kt.
abbreviation
Chess.
kt.
2
American
abbreviation
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karat.
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kiloton.
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knot.
K.T.
3
American
abbreviation
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Knights Templars.
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Knight of the Order of the Thistle.
KT
1
British
abbreviation
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Knight of the Order of the Thistle (a Brit title)
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Knight Templar
Kt
2
British
abbreviation
symbol
kt
3
British
abbreviation
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karat
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nautical knot
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Kt Cress, a teacher at Westerville who taught Donovan for two years, remembered his enormous smile and said he was unusually insightful and kind.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2022
Kt to K B 3, with an attack upon White's K P, which is called Petroff's Defence.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
Q to R 5, then P takes Kt, and wins.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
Kt to R 3, White would win with 16.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
Kt to B 3, the previous moves being the same as in the Three Knights' Game, it is called the Four Knights' Game.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
I dined on a fabulous meal of Grilled Calabrian Octopus with saffron polenta and chorizo, Pacific northwest sockeye salmon with cauliflower puree and finally a luscious Aegean Cheesecake, featuring petals in 24 kt. edible gold.
From Forbes ● Sep. 28, 2014
John Shawe, citizen of London, from Sir John Cheyne, kt., sitting for the constable of England in a court of chivalry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Cavedo did rule that two plaintiffs, identified only as J.L.E. and K.T., were time-barred from bringing their claims, saying they should have done so earlier.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Sylvie gets a job at The Moonstone City Record, where her boss is K.T.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
Those speakers include former Trump administration official K.T.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
“The biggest challenge that Taiwanese beverage companies face overseas is standardizing the Standard Operating Procedure and training,” said K.T.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2021
By the Marquess of Bute, K.T. 10s. 6d.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
Scottish singer KT Tunstall's rendition of No Scotland No Party – another anthem of the Tartan Army this summer – later in the evening was fitting on this occasion.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Only a minute fraction of the projectile is preserved in the planet's KT clay layer because the entire meteorite vaporized upon impact."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The event also features Scottish singer KT Tunstall, whose single with Savoretti, Tempting Fate, comes out on Friday.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The fine is the largest ever imposed on a single company in South Korea and far exceeds penalties levied previously for data breaches at other companies such as SK Telecom and KT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It is KT rather than CT because C had already been appropriated for Cambrian.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
As a result, the researchers calculate that globally there needs to be an application of almost 57,000 kt of phosphorus to alleviate those soils in deficit to boost crop yields.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
They then calculated that 17,500 kt of phosphorus is needed each year to maintain optimum soil phosphorus concentrations.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
The miner has logged 1,112 kt of copper output so far this financial year, down 10% from last year.
From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2022
The government estimated that its 313,000 abandoned wells emitted 10.1 kt of methane in 2018, far less than in the United States.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2020
Kl, as in uncle, ankle; kld, trickl'd; kldst, truckl'dst; klst, chuckl'st; klz, wrinkles; kn, black'n; knd, reck'n'd; kndst, reck'n'dst; knst, black'n'st; knz, reck'ns; kr, crank; ks, checks; kt, act.
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.
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