K

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 Phœnician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

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Noun	1.	K - the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites Synonyms: kelvin
	2.	K - 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: atomic number 19, potassium
	3.	K - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, M, G, yard
	4.	K - a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes Synonyms: KB, kilobyte
	5.	K - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
	6.	K - street names for ketamine Synonyms: cat valium, honey oil, special K, super acid, super C, jet, green
Adj.	1.	k - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units Synonyms: 1000, a thousand, m, one thousand, thousand

(unit)

K - kilo-, a kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix, like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte. See prefix.

1000, a thousand, cardinal, m, one thousand, thousand

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