K meaning

UK US /keɪ/ 1 syllable

K (noun): the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.

K has 8 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and adjective.

K as a noun

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

    Synonyms: kelvin

    Type of: temperature unit

  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: potassium, atomic number 19

    Type of: metallic element

  3. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

    Synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard

    Type of: large integer

    Kinds: millenary

  4. a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

    Synonyms: kilobyte, KB, kB

    Type of: computer memory unit

  5. a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

    Synonyms: kilobyte, kibibyte, KB, kB, KiB

    Type of: computer memory unit

  6. the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet

    Type of: letter

  7. street names for ketamine

    Synonyms: jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C

    Type of: ketamine

K as an adjective

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

    Synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, m

    Similar: cardinal

How to pronounce K

K is pronounced /keɪ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

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