K

[K]

Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

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, (), the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Ph'd2nician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

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street names for ketamine

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the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

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a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes

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the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d''Unites

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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

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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

Adjective S.
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

K

K, (), the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Ph'd2nician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see). In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked, checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c, before the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s. Formerly, k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted. See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 240, 178, 179, 185.

, (), the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Ph'd2nician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian,. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

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