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Definition: Ki |
KiNoun1. (Sumerian) goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Ki" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Ki |
Literature | Ki A Chinese word, signifying age or period, generally applied to the ten periods preceding the first Imperial dynasty, founded B.C. 2205. It extended over some 300,000 years. The first was founded by Puon-ku (highest eternity), and the last by Of-hi, surnamed Tien-Tse (son of heaven). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Post & Telecom | Subscriber individual confidential information used in authentication and in the cipher key generation process. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
KI | Danish | Forskningsområde hvor man vha.computer søger at efterligne aspekter af den menneskelige intelligens,bl.a.inden for sansning og sprogforståelse | Computing |
KI | Dutch | Kunstmatige intelligentie | Computing |
Ki | English | Subscriber authentication key | Computing |
KI | Finnish | Kiribatin tasavalta | Geography |
KI | French | La République de Kiribati | Geography |
KI | German | Künstliche Intelligenz | Computing |
Ki | Greek | κλειδί επαλήθευσης ταυτότητας συνδρομητή | N/A |
KI | Italian | Repubblica di Kiribati | Geography |
KI | Portuguese | Quiribati | Geography |
KI | Spanish | República de Kiribati | Geography |
KI | Swedish | Republiken Kiribati | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Ki |
| English words defined with "Ki": Aruru. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Ki": Blaton formula. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ki" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (artifical intelligence), Haitian Creole (that, what, which, who), Hungarian (forth, off, out, that, to formulate, to fume, to writhe, which, who), Luganda (what, what's up), Papiamen (that, what, which, who), Samoan (key), Turkish (as, but, but what, quod, so that, that). |
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Screenplays | Yippy ki yay! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Aap Ki Kasam (1974) Haath Ki Safaai (1974) Khoon Ki Keemat (1974) Dhuen Ki Lakeer (1974) Paise Ki Gudiya (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Kei Rite Te Ngaro O Te Tangata Ki Te Moa : Tikina He Kiri Ure. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the 18 April 1942 attack on Japan. Those present are (from left to right): Staff Sergeant Fred A. Braemer, Bombardier; Staff Sergeant Paul J. Leonard, Flight Engineer/Gunner; General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province; Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, Copilot; Lt.Col. Doolittle, Pilot and mission commander; Henry H. Shen, bank manager; Lieutenant Henry A. Potter, Navigator; Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Ki Hiu-wai, an accused drug smuggler, was reportedly interrogated for 50 straight hours in July before agreeing to sign a confession. (references) | |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | Area: 2.7 million sq. ki.; ninth-largest nation in the world; the size of Western Europe. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ki" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Ki" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 57.14% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (proper) | 30% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (plural) | 11.43% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 70 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Ki": glacé ki ♦ Ki breathing ♦ Ki Energetics. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Ki": Ki-67, Ki-67 Antigen, ki-keee, ki-ki-ki, ki-maasai, Ki-ras. | |
Ending with "Ki": ki-ki-ki, yoen-ki. | |
Containing "Ki": c-ki-ras. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ki | 622 | ki station | 16 |
diwani hoon ki main prem | 373 | ki aikido | 15 |
deewani hoon ki main prem | 100 | 61 ki | 15 |
mi ki | 70 | frog.com ki ll | 15 |
ki technique | 66 | dewani hoon ki main prem | 13 |
diwani hoon ki mein prem | 64 | diwani hoon ki main movie prem review | 13 |
ki energy | 49 | 43 hayabusa ki | 12 |
use ki | 43 | diwani ki main prem | 12 |
dog ki mi | 42 | ki training | 11 |
ball ki | 37 | using ki | 11 |
hap ki do | 33 | ki memory | 11 |
ki furniture | 32 | ki process | 11 |
deewani hoon ki mein prem | 29 | ki mi puppy | 11 |
diwani hoon ki main prem review | 26 | nine star ki | 11 |
ki sanctuary | 26 | ki main prem | 11 |
ki low | 23 | combat ki | 11 |
blast ki | 21 | diwani hoon ki main prem wallpaper | 10 |
ki teachings | 19 | deewani hoon ki main prem review | 10 |
hai ki mere shaadi yaar | 18 | ghar ghar kahani ki | 10 |
ki power | 17 | ki sweet | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Ki"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | gène Ki-ras (Ki-ras gene). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | gene Ki-ras (Ki-ras gene). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ikay gen Ki-ras (Ki-ras gene). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Ki": kiang, kiangs, kiaugh, kiaughs, kibbe, kibbeh, kibbehs, kibbes, kibbi, kibbis, kibbitz, kibbitzed, kibbitzer, kibbitzers, kibbitzes, kibbitzing, kibble, kibbled, kibbles, kibbling, kibbutz, kibbutzim, kibbutznik, kibbutzniks, kibe, kibei, kibeis, kibes, kibitz, kibitzed, kibitzer, kibitzers, kibitzes, kibitzing, kibla, kiblah, kiblahs, kiblas, kibosh, kiboshed, kiboshes, kiboshing, kick, kickable, kickback, kickbacks, kickball, kickballs, kickboard, kickboards, kickboxer. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Ki": adzuki, alfaki, apparatchiki, bousouki, bouzouki, buttinski, buzuki, daishiki, dashiki, enoki, hydroski, kabiki, kabuki, kaki, kazachki, kazatski, khaki, kolinski, kolkhozniki, kulaki, miniski, piki, pirojki, piroshki, pirozhki, raki, rumaki, saki, saluki, ski, souvlaki, stotinki, sukiyaki, tanuki, teriyaki, tiki, turfski, wakiki. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Ki": adzukis, aerobraking, aikido, aikidos, akimbo, akin, alfakis, alkies, alkine, alkines, antiblackism, antiblackisms, anticaking, anticking, antikickback, antiking, antikings, antiskid, antismoking, arcking, asking, askings, asterisking, attacking, autarkic, autarkical, autarkies, awaking, backbreaking, backing, backings, backpacking, backtracking, baking, bakings, balkier, balkiest, balkily, balkiness, balkinesses, balking, banking, bankings, barkier, barkiest, barking, barracking, basking, baudekin, baudekins, baulkier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "i-k" | |
+1 letter: ick, ilk, ink, irk, khi, kid, kif, kin, kip, kir, kit, koi, ski. | |
+2 letters: akin, bike, bilk, birk, bisk, dick, dike, dink, dirk, disk, fink, gink, haik, hick, hike, icky, ikat, ikon, ilka, ilks, inks, inky, irks, jink, kadi, kaif, kail, kain, kaki, kami, keir, kepi, khis, kibe, kick, kids, kief, kier, kifs, kike, kill, kiln, kilo, kilt, kina, kind, kine, king, kink, kino, kins, kips, kirk, kirn, kirs, kiss, kist, kite, kith, kits, kiva, kiwi, knit, kois, kris, lick, like, link, mick, mike, milk, mink, mirk, nick, oink, paik, pick, pika, pike, piki, pink, raki, rick, rink, risk, saki, sick, sike, silk, sink, skid, skim, skin, skip, skis, skit, spik, tick, tike, tiki, wick, wink. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 69 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4575 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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