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    Kt
    abbreviation
  • kt.
    kt.
    abbreviation
    karat.
  • K.T.
    K.T.
    abbreviation
    Knights Templars.
  • KT
    KT
    abbreviation
    Knight of the Order of the Thistle (a Brit title)
  • kt
    kt
    abbreviation
    karat

Kt

1 American  
Or Kt.

abbreviation

Chess.
  1. knight.


kt. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. karat.

  2. kiloton.

  3. knot.


K.T. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Knights Templars.

  2. Knight of the Order of the Thistle.


KT 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Knight of the Order of the Thistle (a Brit title)

  2. Knight Templar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Kt 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Also: Knt.  knight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

symbol

  1. Also: N.  chess knight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
kt 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. karat

  2. nautical knot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 takes P. We append one or two leading variations: WHITE.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

B takes Kt P, with a promising attack.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

Kt to Q B 3 This move not only defends the attacked Pawn, but at the same time brings a piece into play, and thus establishes an equilibrium in the development.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

P takes Kt The position is now as represented in Fig.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Louis Hoffmann

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

“What he was charged with is basically stealing a piece of history,” K.T.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

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

"There were many people — I watched K.T. McFarland the other day," Trump added, referring to Flynn's former deputy national security adviser.

From Salon ● May 14, 2020

K.T., or K.P., as it may be, are to be added to the address.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"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

Sitting on panel were beloved KT guests Harland Williams and Gabriel Iglesias, and the “legends bucket” made its way to its first arena in L.A., and the pulls were indeed clutch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Find insight on Snap, ASML, KT and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"I could tell right away that Schmeichel wasn't getting there. What a feeling. It felt better than my goal, to be honest. I was more excited for KT than I was for myself."

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

In 2001 researchers at the California Institute of Technology analyzed helium isotopes from sediments left from the later KT impact and concluded that it affected Earth’s climate for about ten thousand years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The research team calculated 10,556 kt of phosphorus is wasted each year through over-application with much of that dominated by wheat and grassland in Europe and maize and rice in Asia.

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 Charles W. Sanders

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