Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




K   /keɪ/   Listen
K

noun
1.
The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.  Synonym: kelvin.
2.
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.  Synonyms: atomic number 19, potassium.
3.
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.  Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard.
4.
A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes.  Synonyms: kB, kilobyte.
5.
A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.  Synonyms: kB, KiB, kibibyte, kilobyte.
6.
The 11th letter of the Roman alphabet.
7.
Street names for ketamine.  Synonyms: cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, special K, super acid, super C.
adjective
1.
Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.  Synonyms: 1000, m, one thousand, thousand.



Related searches:
K particle
K ration
K'ung Futzu
K-Dur 20
K-lor
K-lyte
k-meson
401-k
401-k plan
special K
vitamin K


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"K" Quotes from Famous Books



... There was a fascination about Gussie's methods which gripped and made one reluctant to pass the thing up provided personal innuendoes were steered clear of. I decided, accordingly, to remain, and presently there was a musical squeaking and P.K. ...
— Right Ho, Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... of her," he said, "and can't find a thing the matter. Yet, she won't budge an inch. The gasoline supply is O. K., and the batteries are in good shape. There's no trouble at all about exploding the spark, but I can't get the engine ...
— Dorothy's Triumph • Evelyn Raymond
... ABRAHAMS, Reader in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature in the University of Cambridge, in seconding the vote of thanks to the speakers, moved by the President of the Jewish Historical Society (Sir Lionel Abrahams, K.C.B.), said that the Chairman had already paid a tribute to the memory of Arthur Davis. But a twice-told tale was not stale in repetition when the tale was told of such a man. He was a real scholar; not only in the general sense of one who loved great books, ...
— Chosen Peoples • Israel Zangwill
... Embassy, General Sir Charles Collingham, K. C. B., was married to Sabine, Contessa di Castagneto, widow of the Italian ...
— The Rome Express • Arthur Griffiths
... pressing K., of the Navigation Board, for promotion.... I am told he entirely neglects his duty. Pole readily admits his hopeless stupidity and unfitness ...
— Historical and Political Essays • William Edward Hartpole Lecky


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org