English noun: K |
1. | K (quantity) the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |
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| Synonyms | kelvin |
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| Broader (hypernym) | temperature unit |
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2. | K (substance) 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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| Synonyms | atomic number 19, potassium |
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| Broader (hypernym) | metal, metallic element |
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| Substance meronym | brine, carnallite, kainite, langbeinite, saltwater, seawater, sylvine, sylvite |
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3. | K (quantity) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 |
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| Synonyms | 1000, chiliad, G, grand, M, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard |
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| Broader (hypernym) | large integer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | millenary |
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4. | K (quantity) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes |
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| Synonyms | kB, kilobyte |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer memory unit |
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| Part meronym | M, MB, megabyte |
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5. | K (quantity) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes |
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| Synonyms | kB, KiB, kibibyte, kilobyte |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer memory unit |
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| Part holonym | word |
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| Part meronym | M, MB, mebibyte, megabyte, MiB |
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6. | K (communication) the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet |
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| Member meronym | Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet |
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7. | K (artifact) street names for ketamine |
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| Synonyms | cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, special K, super acid, super C |
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| Broader (hypernym) | Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride |
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