About The Word K

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K Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of K?
[n] the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
[n] a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes [n] the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the System International d'Unites [n] the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [n] 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 [adj] denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units Synonyms | Synonyms for K: 1000 | 1000 | a thousand | atomic number 19 | cardinal | chiliad | G | grand | KB | kelvin | kilobyte | m | M | one thousand | one thousand | potassium | thou | thousand | thousand | yard Related Terms | Find terms related to K: See Also | alphabetic character | brine | carnallite | computer memory unit | kainite | langbeinite | large integer | letter | letter of the alphabet | MB | megabyte | metal | metallic element | Roman alphabet | saltwater | seawater | sylvine | sylvite | temperature unit | word K In Webster's Dictionary \K\, (k[=a]),
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[oe]nician source, the
ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is
most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
Note: 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.
Note: See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 240, 178, 179,
185.
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