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k n. [
kelvin, K] the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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k s. [
thousand, one thousand, 1000, m] denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
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k n. [
potassium, K, atomic number 19] 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
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k n. [
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard] the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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k n. [
kilobyte, K, KB, kB] a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
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