k

The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Character

  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
  2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

Forms

K ks k's

Interjection

  1. OK

    Synonyms: 'kay

Origin

Clipping of OK.

Derived

kk kthxbye

Noun

  1. A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  3. kilometre or kilometres.
    • We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
  4. thousand or thousands.
    • Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
  5. The SI measurement value of 1,000

Origin

From kilo-.

Forms

ks k's

Derived

401k 401(k) 56k k-adic k-adic notation k-algebra k-anonymity k-cell k-d tree k-essence k-line KLOC k-means clustering k-rad k-style k-value k-word kya

Numeral

  1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Forms

K ks k's