"k" Definition

Definitions for the word "k" from multiple English dictionaries.

1.
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 Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
(also k) (pl. Ks or k''s) eleventh letter of the alphabet.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. abbr.
(also k.) 1 kelvin(s). 2 king, king''s. 3 köchel (catalogue of mozart''s works). 4 (also k) (prec. By a numeral) a computing unit of 1,024 (i.e. 210) bytes or bits, or loosely 1,000. B 1,000. [sense 4 as abbreviation of *kilo-]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. symb.
Potassium. [latin kalium]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
5. abbr.
1 kilo-. 2 knot(s).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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