k.

1. Elect. capacity.

2. karat.

3. kilogram; kilograms.

4. Chess. king.

5. knight.

6. knot.

7. kopeck.

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K ¹ or k «kay», noun, plural K's or Ks, k's or ks.

1. the 11th letter of the English alphabet. There are two k's in kick.

2. any sound represented by this letter.

3. (used as a symbol for) the 11th or (if J is omitted) the 10th (of an actual or possible series).

K ² «kay», noun, plural K's.

anything shaped like the letter K.

K ³ «kay», noun.

1. Informal. thousand; 1000.

2. a unit of memory capacity in a computer equal to a binary thousand or 1024 (2¹⁰) bits.

╂[< K (ilo-), prefix for 1000]

k (no period),

kilo-; 1000.

k.,

an abbreviation or symbol for:

1. capacity (of an electric circuit or device).

2. Mathematics. constant.

3. karat (carat).

4. kilo or kilos.

5. kilogram or kilograms.

6. Chess. king or kings.

7. knight.

8. knot.

9. kobo.

10. kopeck or kopecks.

11. krona or kronor or kronur.

12. krone or kronen or kroner.

K (no period),

an abbreviation or symbol for:

1. Kaiser.

2. Kelvin (always with a figure, indicating a temperature on the Kelvin scale).

3. Chess. king or kings.

4. K-meson; K-particle.

5. kosher.

6. potassium (chemical element).

K.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. Kaiser.

2. Kelvin (always with a figure, indicating a temperature on the Kelvin scale).

3. king or kings.

4. knight.

5. Köchel (referring to classification of Mozart's works): »

K.82.

6. makuta: »

1 zaire = 100 K.