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K

Definition: K

K

Adjective

1. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.

Noun

1. The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the System International d'Unites.

2. 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.

3. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.

4. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.

5. The 11th letter of the Roman alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "k" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: K

DomainDefinition

Computing

K /K/ n. [from kilo-] A kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix (like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte). See {quantifiers. K&R [Kernighan and Ritchie] n. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's book "The C Programming Language", esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice-Hall 1978; ISBN 0-13-110163-3). Syn. White Book, Old Testament. See also New Testament. k- pref. [rare; poss fr. `kilo-' prefix] Extremely. Rare among hackers, but quite common among crackers and warez d00dz in compounds such as `k-kool' /K'kool'. Source: Jargon File.

Census

(kilo) Designation for one thousand. (references)

Literature

K
K To be branded with a K (kalumnia). So, according to the Lex Memmia, false accusers were branded in the forehead.
K The three bad K's. The Greeks so called the Karians, Kretans, and Kilikians. The Romans retained the same expression, though they spelt the three nations with C instead of K. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang

Abbreviation. Source: Computer. Definition: It means a number of things. That you could be saying laright, or sure, or asking if someone is doing fine by just saying ok. Context: Used as an abbreviation of "ok" not much of a difference but its ok! ha. Social Source: Instant Messenger Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Phrase. Source: Short for OK. Definition: Sure, that's fine, go ahead. Context: Used when giving consent. Social Source: 2002 Oakridge High School Athletes. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: Strikeout, in baseball. Context: Used in place of strikeout. Social Source: 2002 Oakridge High School Athletes. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Space

Kilo, a multiplier, x103 from the Greek "khilioi" (thousand). See the entry for CGPM. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Aozora Bunko: K

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See Aozora Bunko

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Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Any tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site. Some articles originally posted to wikipedia have been moved there - if you are looking for such an article, please check there.

See also Missing Persons, Foreign casualties, and Survivors.

Casualties

Planes - World Trade Center - Pentagon
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

As of October 29, 2003, 2,995 people were presumed dead as a result of all four September 11 attacks. This includes the casualties at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, on the airplanes and the hijackers.

Planes

265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

See also: Memorial wiki tributes to the occupants of each plane

World Trade Center

By October 29, 2003, 2605 people were listed as confirmed dead and 1058 bodies had been identified. (Note: this total does not include the 127 passengers and 20 crew on the two aircraft or the 10 hijackers).

The listing and memorial.

See also:

Missing Persons

The number of missing people grew to estimates as high as over 6000 in the months following the attack, but steadily declined as stories were checked and duplicate entries removed. (See Timeline of WTC missing).

As of August 2002, there were approximately 90 people who were officially missing; that is, their remains had not been identified and no family members had requested a death certificate.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

The great majority of the over 40,000 people working at the World Trade Center at the time of the attack evacuated safely, including 18 who escaped from above the impact zone in the second tower hit. By 9/20/2001 6291 people, including rescue and recovery workers, had been treated for injuries.

Detailed listing.

Pentagon

The Pentagon reports 125 staffers killed or missing, with 121 remains recovered and identified, as of Sept. 11, 2002. At least one person died later as a result of wounds incurred.

The listing and memorial.

Missing Persons

The Pentagon reports 4 staffers missing. One passenger on the airliner which hit the Pentagon was also never identified.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

88 treated at hospital.

Detailed entry.

Victim legends

Due to the very large number of World Trade Center casualties and missing persons, victim legends were a common form of September 11, Terrorist Attack urban legends. These were tales of victims who did not exist, spread by word-of-mouth and the Internet. Official sites, such as http://www.september11victims.com, contain accurate entries and are trusted content. Because Wikipedia, and many other websites allowed freely adding victims, there were no doubt many obvious fake entries. Fake victims added to these lists were often simply missing at the time of the attacks, or actually survivors of the attacks.

See also

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Donations - Assistance - Memorials and Services

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks."

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Complete graph

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A complete graph is a simple graph where an edge connects every pair of vertices. A complete graph on n vertices has n vertices and n(n−1)/2 edges, and is indicated by the notation Kn. It is a regular graph of valence n−1.

A complete bipartite graph is a graph with vertices segregated into two sets, where an edge connects every pair of vertices where they are not in the same set.

Complete graphs on n vertices, for n between 1 and 8, are shown below:
nKn nKn
1 5
2 6
3 7
4                    8

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Complete graph."

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K

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The eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, K comes from the Greek &Kappa or &kappa (Kappa) developed from the Semitic Kap, symbol for an open hand. The Semitic sound value /k/ was maintained in most Classic as well as Modern Languages, although Latin abandoned K almost completely, preferring C. Therefore, the Romance languages have K only in foreign words.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Kilo represents the letter K in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

K is also:

Note that k as in kilo (SI) is lowercased, whereas K as in kelvin or kilo (computing) is uppercased.

Two-letter combinations starting with K:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "K."

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Kelvin

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The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit to measure temperature. It is one of the seven SI base units. It is defined by two factors: zero kelvin is absolute zero (when molecular motion stops), and one kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (0.01 °C). The Celsius temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin.

It is named after the physicist and engineer William Thomson, who became Lord Kelvin when he was made a peer.

The kelvin as an SI unit is correctly written with a lowercase k (unless at the beginning of a sentence), and is never preceded by the words degree or degrees, or the symbol °, like Fahrenheit, Celsius or centigrade. This is because the latter three are scales of measurement, whereas the kelvin is a unit of measurement.

Conversion factors

kelvin to Celsius

Celsius to kelvin

kelvin to Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit to kelvin

electron volts to kelvin

kelvin to electron volts

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Kilo

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Kilo (symbol: k) is a prefix in the SI system denoting 103 or 1,000. For example:

"Kilo" is often used by itself as an abbreviation for "kilogram".

In computing, kilo does not always exactly denote 1000 but is usually equivalent to 1024 (210), most often when denoting storage. For example, a kilobyte is 1024 bytes, not 1000 bytes. However, kilo and mega often have their traditional SI meanings when referring to rates of data transfer. For instance, 56 kilobits per second is 56,000 bits per second, not 57,344 bits per second.

A common convention is to use k for 1000 and K for 1024.

Kilo is also the letter K in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kilo."

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Kinetic energy

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In physics, kinetic energy is energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion. In Newtonian mechanics, a body with mass m, moving in a straight line with velocity v, has a translational kinetic energy of

.

If a body is rotating, its rotational kinetic energy equals

,

where I is its moment of inertia and ω its angular velocity.

In Einstein's relativistic mechanics, the kinetic energy of a body is

where m is its total mass, m0 is its mass (or rest mass), and c is the speed of light in vacuum. Relativity theory states that the total mass of an object grows towards infinity as its velocity approaches the speed of light, and thus that it is impossible to accelerate an object beyond this boundary.

Where gravity is weak, and objects move at much slower velocities than light (e.g. in everyday phenomena on Earth), Newton's formula is an excellent approximation of relativistic kinetic energy.

See also:

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K-Vect

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Given a field K (or even a commutative ring), K-Vect is the category with vector spaces over K as objects and linear transformations as morphisms.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "K-Vect."

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List of airports: K

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List of airports: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

K

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List of Biblical names starting with K

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List of Biblical names
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - Y - Z

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List of books by title: K

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List of books in alphabetical order by title:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of cities in Germany starting with K

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List of cities in Germany: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

TownPopulationDistrictBundesland
Kaiserslautern101,300--Rhineland-Palatinate
Karlsruhe276,600--Baden-Württemberg
Kassel199,500--Hesse
Kaufbeuren42,100--Bavaria
Kempten61,500--Bavaria
Kiel250,000--Schleswig-Holstein
Kirchheim2,067OstalbkreisBaden-Württemberg
Kirspe18,324Märkischer KreisNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Koblenz109,400--Rhineland-Palatinate
Korb10,150Rems-MurrBaden-Württemberg
Krefeld238,100--North Rhine-Westphalia

A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of cities in Germany starting with K."

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List of colleges and universities starting with K

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A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
  1. Kagoshima University
  2. Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science
  3. Kalamazoo College
  4. Kamloops International College
  5. Kanazawa University
  6. Kangwon National University
  7. Kansai University
  8. Kansas State University
  9. Kao-Yuan Junior College of Technology and Commerce
  10. Kara Harb Okulu
  11. Karl Franzens University
  12. Karlstad University
  13. Karolinska Institute
  14. Kasetsart University
  15. Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven
  16. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  17. Katholische Universitat Eichstatt
  18. Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski (KUL)
  19. Kazan University
  20. Kean College of New Jersey
  21. Keele University
  22. Keene State College
  23. Keimyung University
  24. Keio University
  25. Keio University of Science and Technology
  26. Kemper Military School and College
  27. Kennedy Western University
  28. Kent State University
  29. Kenyon College
  30. Keyin Technical College
  31. Khon Kaen University
  32. King Alfred's College
  33. King College
  34. King's College, Cambridge
  35. King's College, London
  36. King's College, Halifax
  37. King's College, Hong Kong
  38. King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry (part of King's College, London)
  39. Kingston University
  40. Kinjo Gakuin University
  41. Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  42. Kirtland Community College
  43. Kishwaukee College
  44. Kitasato University
  45. Klaipeda University
  46. Knox College
  47. Kobe University
  48. Koc University
  49. Kochi National College of Technology
  50. Kochi University
  51. Kodiak College
  52. Kogakuin University
  53. Kon-Kuk University
  54. Konan University
  55. Kongu Engineering College
  56. Kookmin University
  57. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  58. Korea University
  59. Kristianstad University College -- see University College of Kristianstad
  60. Kumamoto National College of Technology
  61. Kumamoto Prefecture College
  62. Kumamoto University
  63. Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan -- see Royal Institute of Technology
  64. Kurume institute of Technology
  65. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  66. Kuwait University
  67. Kwangju University
  68. Kwangwoon University
  69. Kwansei Gakuin University
  70. Kwantlen University College
  71. Kyoto Institute of Technology
  72. Kyoto University
  73. KyungSung University
  74. Kyungpook National University
  75. Kyushu Institute of Design
  76. Kyushu Institute of Technology
  77. Kyushu Sangyo University
  78. Kyushu University

See also : Colleges and universities

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of colleges and universities starting with K."

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List of Japanese authors:K

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List of Japanese authors

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List of miscellaneous poker variants

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Some poker games just don't fit neatly into the categories of draw poker, stud poker, or community card poker, and some have features of more than one of these categories.

Oxford stud

Though called "stud", this is a combination stud/community card game that was popular at MIT in the 1960s, in which players receive individual downcards, individual upcards, and community cards. Many variations on this are possible by changing what kinds of cards and how many are dealt in various rounds.

One difficulty with such a combination is deciding the betting order: in stud games, the player with the best upcards showing bets first in each round (except sometimes the first, where the worst upcard is forced to begin the betting with a Bring-in). In community card games, each betting begins with the same player (because there generally are no upcards), making it more positional. Oxford stud chooses to use the players' individual upcards for this purpose, which makes it play more like stud.

First, each player is dealt two downcards and one upcard as in seven-card stud, followed by a first betting round. Like stud, the game is usually played with a Bring-in, the lowest upcard being forced to pay it, and betting follows after that. After the first round is complete, two community cards are dealt to the table, followed by a second betting round, beginning with the player with the highest-ranking incomplete poker hand (as in stud) made from his upcard plus the two community cards. For example, if one player has a K upcard, and a second player has a 7 upcard, and the community cards are 10-7, the second player bets first (since he has a pair of 7s, and the other player only has K-high). Then a second upcard is dealt to each player, followed by a third betting round, again beginning with the player who can make the best partial hand with his two upcards and the board. Finally, a third community card is dealt to table, followed by a fourth betting round and showdown. Note that as with Mississippi stud, each player has five cards of his hand exposed at this point (two of his own plus three on the board), so it is possible for a flush or straight to be the high hand for the purpose of first bet. At showdown each player makes the best five-card hand he can from the four cards he is dealt plus the three community cards, in any combination. This game is usually played High-low split.

Billabong (and Shanghai)

Just as Oxford stud is a mixed stud/community card version of Texas hold'em, Billabong is a mixed version of Manila. Each player is dealt two downcards and one upcard. Low upcard starts the betting with a Bring-in if you are playing with one, otherwise high card starts the betting. Next, two community cards are dealt, followed by a second betting round, beginning with the player with the best exposed partial poker hand (counting the community cards, as in Oxford stud). Then a third community card is dealt, followed by a third betting round. Finally a fourth community card and fourth betting round and showdown. Each player plays the best five-card hand he can make from the three in his hand plus the four on the board in any combination.

Shanghai is the same game with an extra hole card, but no more than two hole cards play. That is, the game begins with each player being dealt three downcards and one upcard; each player must discard one of his hole cards at some point during the game as determined ahead of time. The most common variation is to discard immediately as in Pineapple; the second most common is to discard just before showdown as in Tahoe.

Guts

Guts is quite different from most other poker games (in fact classifying it as a poker game at all is somewhat questionable). Rather than the customary rounds of betting followed by a single showdown, guts features multiple rounds, each of which consist of the decision to be "in" or "out", and each of which contains a showdown. Only the players who stay "in" participate in the showdown. In the most common version, the player who stays in with the best hand receives the current pot, while all other players who stayed in must match the pot. (For example, if the pot is $5 and three people stay in, then one player will receive the $5 pot and two players will be forced to add $5 each to the pot, thus doubling it.) Then the hand is re-dealt, and all players (even those who were "out" in the last round) can participate again. The game ends when only a single player has the guts to stay "in", and thus the pot is taken without replenishment.

Each player's hand usually consists of a reduced poker hand of either 2 or 3 cards. The cards are ranked as in regular 5-card poker, but in some variations straights and flushes count and in some they do not.

Declaring "in" or "out" is similar to declaring high or low in high-low games. Each player takes a chip, places their hands under the table, and either places the chip in one fist or not. Each player then holds their closed fist above the table, and the players simultaneously open their hands to reveal their decision (a chip represents "in", an empty hand represents "out").

Because the pot can double (or more) each round, the stakes can grow exponentially, and pots of 50 or 100 times the original ante are not unheard of.

There are many variations. Sometimes only the single player with the worst hand (who stayed in) must add to the pot, but they must double the pot rather than match it. In an especially vicious variation, nobody wins the pot unless nobody else stays in. This can degenerate quickly, when one player must add a large amount to the pot, and decides to stay in until he wins it back. Thus the game continues indefinitely, with one player continually adding larger and larger amounts to the pot. The pot may grow so big that no player has enough cash to match it, leading to arguments about how to end the game. (This variation is not recommended when playing among friends. Often this variation is abandoned after the first really big pot leads to conflict.)

One solution to the exponentially growing pots is to cap them at 50x or 100x the ante. That is, if there are 5 players with an ante of $1, the pot started at $5. If there were 3 doublings, the pot is now at $40. Suppose the "cap the pot at $50" rule were in force. Then, if another doubling occurred, each loser would pay $40, but the pot would now be at $50 and the extra $30 would be set aside as the ante once there's a hand with a winner and no loser.

Indian poker

Indian Poker is similar to five-card stud, however, the player's "down card" is visable to everyone but him. This is accomplished by taping or otherwise attaching the card to the player's forhead. If this game is played to a showdown, which rarely happens, every player knows exactly what every hand is but their own.

Strip poker

Strip poker is not a particular game of poker, but a method of betting. As there is no betting in the traditional manner, the game is often played as five-card draw or five-card stud. After the hands are dealt out, and any draw occures, the players have a showdown and the player with the lowest hand must doff an article of clothing. Strip poker is generally played as a form of foreplay.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of miscellaneous poker variants."

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List of people by name: K

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: K."

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List of people by name: Ka

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

Kaa

Kab

Kac

Kad

Kae

Kaf

Kag

Kah

Kai

Kaj

Kak

Kal

Kam

Kan

Kao

Kap

Kar

Kas

Kat

Kau

Kav

Kaw

Kay

Kaz

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List of people by name: Ke

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kh

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Ki

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kj

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kl

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kn

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Ko

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kr

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Ku

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Kw

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of people by name: Ky

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz

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List of rare diseases starting with K

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This list of rare diseases was originally taken from the NIH public domain resource at http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/diseases/diseases.asp .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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List of songs by name: K

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List of songs by name: 0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
  1. "Kamera" - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) by Wilco
  2. "Kangaroo" - Third-Sister Lovers (1975) by Big Star
  3. "Karma Patrol" - They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To (1998) by Hoobastank
  4. "Karma Police" - OK Computer (1997) by Radiohead
  5. "Kashmir" - Physical Graffiti (1975) by Led Zeppelin
  6. "Kathy With a K's Song" - Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes (2001) by Bright Eyes
  7. "Katie Come True" - Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes (2001) by Son, Ambulance
  8. "Katy Too" - Johnny Cash
  9. "Keep on, Keeping On" - Bad As I Wanna Be (1996) by MC Lyte
  10. "Keep Talking" - The Division Bell (1994) by Pink Floyd
  11. "Keep Your Shit the Hardest" - Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1996) by DMX
  12. "Keeping the Faith" - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) by De La Soul
  13. "Kick in the Door" - Life After Death (1997) by Notorious B.I.G
  14. "Kicked out of the House" - De La Soul Is Dead (1991) by De La Soul
  15. "Kicker of Elves" - Bee Thousand (1994) by Guided by Voices
  16. "Kill All the White Man" - Longest Line (1992) by NOFX
  17. "Kill You" - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) by Eminem
  18. "Killer" - Adamski (released as single in 1990, and remixed on Liveandirect later that year)
  19. "Killer in the Home" - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) by Adam & the Ants
  20. "Killer Queen" - Sheer Heart Attack (1974) by Queen
  21. "Killer Wolf" - Danzig II: Lucifuge (1990) by Danzig
  22. "Killin' Time" - Killin' Time (1989) by Clint Black
  23. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Killing Me Softly (1973) by Roberta Flack, later covered by The Fugees
  24. "King for a Day" - Nimrod (1997) by Green Day
  25. "King of Comedy" - Monster (1994) by R.E.M
  26. "King of New Orleans" - Friction Baby (1996) by Better Than Ezra
  27. "King of the Road" - Roger Miller (1965), later covered by Jewel Akens, Randy Travis, Faron Young, Glen Campbell, Dean Martin, David Houston, Ray Coniff, Billy Preston and Boxcar Willie
  28. "King Rides By" - What Would the Community Think (1996) by Cat Power
  29. "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) by King Tubby and Augustus Pablo
  30. "Kings of the Wild Frontier" - Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) by Adam & the Ants
  31. "Kiss and Tell" - Coast to Coast Motel (1995) by G. Love & Special Sauce
  32. "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" - ''One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996) by Bloodhound Gang
  33. "Kiss Me, Son of God" - Lincoln (1988) by They Might Be Giants
  34. "Kiss Off" - Violent Femmes (1981) by Violent Femmes
  35. "Kiss the Bride" - Too Low for Zero (1983) by Elton John
  36. "Kiss the Floor" - Congregation (1991) by Afghan Whigs
  37. "Kitchenware and Candybars" - Purple (1994) by Stone Temple Pilots
  38. "Kitty's Back" - The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle (1973) by Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
  39. "Kizza Me" - Third-Sister Lovers (1975) by Big Star
  40. "Knickers" - What You See Is What You Get (2000) by Chumbawumba
  41. "Knock Knock" - Veni Vidi Vicious (2000) by The Hives
  42. "Knock Me Down" - Mother's Milk (1989) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  43. "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) soundtrack by Bob Dylan, later covered by Guns n' Roses (Use Your Illusion II, 1991), Jerry Garcia (Run for the Roses, 1982) and Eric Clapton (After Midnight, 1984)
  44. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Songs in the Key of Life (1976) by Stevie Wonder
  45. "Know Your Chicken" - Viva! La Woman (1996) by Cibo Matto
  46. "Knowledge" - Energy (1990) by Operation Ivy
  47. "Kola Kola" - London Calling (1979) by The Clash
  48. "Kozmic Blues" - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama (1969) by Janis Joplin
  49. "KRS-One" - 40 Oz. to Freedom (1992) by Sublime
  50. "Kyoto Song" - The Head on the Door (1985) by The Cure

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of songs by name: K."

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Michael K

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Like Monty Cantsin, Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett, Michael K. is a nom de plume that anyone is welcome to use for an artistic endeavour. These multiple identies are a situationist inspired antic that are also practised by the Mail Art community and Neoist conceptual artist and author Stewart Home.

In particular the use of the Michael K. identity has konnections with The KLF. Michael K. first appeared in the KLF mythos in connection with The White Room movie and myth.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Michael K."

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Momentum

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Momentum is the Noether charge of translational invariance. As such, even fields as well as other things can have momentum, not just particles. However, in curved spacetime which isn't asymptotically Minkowski, momentum isn't defined at all.

In physics, momentum is a physical quantity related to the velocity and mass of an object.

Momentum in classical mechanics

In classical mechanics, momentum (traditionally written as p) is defined as the product of mass and velocity. It is thus a vector quantity.

The SI unit of momentum is newton-seconds, which can alternatively be expressed with the units kg.m/s.

An impulse changes the momentum of an object. An impulse is calculated as the integral of force with respect to duration.

using the definition of force yields:

See also angular momentum.

Momentum in relativistic mechanics

It is commonly believed that the physical laws should be invariant under translationss. Thus, the definition of momentum was changed when Einstein formulated Special relativity so that its magnitude would remain invariant under relativistic transformations. See physical conservation law. We now define a vector, called the 4-momentum thus:

[E/c p]

where E is the total energy of the system, and p is called the "relativistic momentum" defined thus:

E = γmc2
p = γmv
and
.

The "length" of the vector that remains constant is defined thus:

Massless objects such as photons also carry momentum; the formula is p=E/c, where E is the energy the photon carries and c is the speed of light.

Momentum in quantum mechanics

In quantum mechanics momentum is defined as an operator on the wave function. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle defines limits on how accurately the momentum and position of a single observable system can be known at once.

Figurative use

A process may be said to gain momentum. The terminology implies that it requires effort to start such a process, but that it is relatively easy to keep it going.

See also Slippery slope.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Momentum."

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Poker jargon starting with K

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Poker jargon:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

; Kansas City low
Deuce-to-seven lowball.

; keep (a bettor) honest
To call a final bet while not expecting to win, for the primary purpose of discouraging future bluffs.

; kicker
  1. A card not directly involved in evaluating a hand, but that may be used for breaking ties. See kicker. Also "side card".
  2. A non-paired card kept before the draw in draw poker in hope of pairing it.

; kill, kill pot
An occasional hand played at double the usual stakes at an agreed-upon time; often when a player wins two hands in a row, or when a player scoops in a split-pot game. The "lucky" player is often required to post an extra blind for double the usual blind amount. See also "half-kill".

; kilter
A non-standard poker hand of various description. Also "pelter".

; kitty
A pool of money built by collecting small amounts from certain pots, often used to buy refreshments, cards, and so on. The home-game equivalent of a rake.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poker jargon starting with K."

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Potassium

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Potassium - Calcium
Na
K
Rb  
 
 

Full table
General
Name, Symbol, NumberPotassium, K, 19
Series Alkali metals
Group, Period, Block1(IA), 4 , s
Density, Hardness 856 kg/m3, 0.4
Appearance silvery white
Atomic Properties
Atomic weight 39.0983 amu
Atomic radius (calc.) 220 (243) pm
Covalent radius 196 pm
van der Waals radius 275 pm
Electron configuration [Ar]4s4s1
e- 's per energy level2, 8, 8, 1
Oxidation states (Oxide) 1 (strong base)
Crystal structure cubic body centered
Physical Properties
State of matter solid
Melting point 336.53 K (146.08 °F)
Boiling point 1032 K (1398 °F)
Molar volume 45.94 ×1010-3 m3/mol
Heat of vaporization 79.87 kJ/mol
Heat of fusion 2.334 kJ/mol
Vapor pressure 1.06×10-4Pa at __ K
Speed of sound 2000 m/s at 293.15 K
Miscellaneous
Electronegativity 0.82 (Pauling scale)
Specific heat capacity 757 J/(kg*K)
Electrical conductivity 13.9 106/m ohm
Thermal conductivity 102.4 W/(m*K)
1st ionization potential 418.8 kJ/mol
2nd ionization potential 3052 kJ/mol
3rd ionization potential 4420 kJ/mol
4th ionization potential 4420 kJ/mol
5th ionization potential 7975 kJ/mol
6th ionization potential 9590 kJ/mol
7th ionization potential 11343 kJ/mol
8th ionization potential 14944 kJ/mol
9th ionization potential 16963.7 kJ/mol
10th ionization potential 48610 kJ/mol
'Most Stable Isotopes\'
isoNAhalf-life DMDE MeVDP
39K93.26%K is stable with 20 neutrons
40K0.012%1.277 E9ybeta-
epsilon		1.311
1.505		40Ca
40Ar
41K6.73%K is stable with 22 neutrons
SI units & STP are used except where noted.
Potassium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol K and atomic number 19. This is a soft, silvery-white metallic alkali metal that occurs naturally bound to other elements in seawater and many minerals. It oxidizes rapidly in air, is very reactive, especially in water, and resembles sodium chemically.

Notable Characteristics

Potassium is the second lightest and the most reactive and most electropositive of the metals. This is a soft solid that easily is cut with a knife and is silvery in color on fresh surfaces. It oxidizes in air rapidly and must be stored in mineral oil for preservation.

Similar to other alkali metals potassium decomposes in water with the release of hydrogen. When in water it catches fire spontaneously and its salts emit a violet color when exposed to a flame.

Applications

Many potassium salts are very important, and include, potassium; bromide, carbonate, chlorate, chloride, chromate, cyanide, dichromate, hydroxide, iodide, nitrate, sulfate.

History

Potassium (English, potash L. kalium) was discovered in 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy who derived it from caustic potash (KOH. This alkali metal and was the first metal that was isolated by electrolysis.

Occurrence

This element makes up about 2.4% of the weight of the Earth's crust and is the seventh most abundant element in it. Due to its insolubility, it is very difficult to obtain potassium from its minerals.

However other minerals, such as carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and sylvite are found in ancient lake and sea beds. These minerals form extensive deposits in these envrionments making extracting potassium and its salts more economical. The principle source of pottassium, potash is mined in California, Germany, New Mexico, Utah, and in other places around the world. At 3000 ft below the surface of Saskatchewan lies large deposits of potash which may become important sources of this element and its salts in the future.

The oceans are another source of potassium but the quantify present in a given volume of seawater is relatively low compared to sodium.

Potassium is never found unbound in nature and is produced through electrolysis of its hydroxide in a process that has changed little since Davy. Thermal methods also are employed in potassium production

Isotopes

There are seventeen isotopes of potassium known to exist. The non-synthetic form of potassium are composed of three isotopes: K-39 (93.3%), K-40 (0.01%) and K-41 (6.7%). Naturally occurring K-40 decays to stable Ar-40 (11.2%) by electron capture and by positron emission, and decays to stable Ca-40 (88.8%) by negatron emission; K-40 has a half-life of 1.250 × 109 years.

The decay of K-40 to Ar-40 is commonly used as a method for dating rocks. The conventional K-Ar dating method depends on the assumption that the rocks contained no argon at the time of formation and that all the subsequent radiogenic argon (i.e., Ar-40) was quantitatively retained, i.e., closed system. Minerals are dated by measurement of the concentration of potassium, and the amount of radiogenic Ar-40 that has accumulated. The minerals that are best suited for dating include biotite, muscovite, and plutonic/high grade metamorphic hornblende, and volcanic feldspar; whole rock samples from volcanic flows and shallow instrusives can also be dated if they are unaltered.

Outside of dating, K isotopes have been used extensively in studies of weathering; K isotopes have also be used for nutrient cycling studies because K is a macro-nutrient required for life.

Precautions

Potassium reacts violently with water. This metal should therefore be kept under a mineral oil such as kerosene for this reason.

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Vitamin K

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Vitamin K is a group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives.

It is a human vitamin, lipophilic (i.e. soluble in lipids) and therefore hydrophobic (i.e. insoluble in water). It is needed in the synthesis of proteins required for blood coagulation.

Normally it is produced by bacteria in the intestines, and dietary deficiency is extremely rare unless the intestines are heavily damaged.

Vitamin K is involved in the formation of calcium-binding groups in proteins. These calcium-binding groups are called Gla-residues, and the proteins containing these residues are designated as Gla-proteins. The Gla-residues are essential for the biological activity of all Gla-proteins. At this time fewer than 12 human Gla-proteins have been discovered, and they play key roles in the regulation of three physiological processes:

Vitamin K-deficiency may occur by disturbed intestinal uptake (such as would occur in a bile duct obstruction), by therapeutic or accidental intake of vitamin K-antagonists or, very rarely, by nutritional vitamin K-deficiency. As a result of the acquired vitamin K-deficiency, Gla-residues are not or incompletely formed and hence the Gla-proteins are inactive. Lack of control of the three processes mentioned above may lead to the following: risk of uncontrolled and massive bleeding, cartilage calcification and severe malformation of developing bone, or deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the arterial vessel walls.

Discovery of vitamin K

In the late 1920s, Danish scientist Henrik Dam investigated the role of cholesterol by feeding chickens with a cholesterol-depleted diet. After several weeks, the animals developed hemorrhages and started bleeding. These defects could not be restored by adding purified cholesterol to the diet. It appeared that - together with the cholesterol - a second compound had been extracted from the food, and this compound was called the coagulation vitamin. The new vitamin received the letter K because the initial discoveries were reported in a German journal, in which it was designated as Koagulations Vitamin.

For several decades the vitamin K-deficient chick model was the only method of quantitating of vitamin K in various foods: the chicks were made vitamin K-deficient and subsequently fed with known amounts of vitamin K-containing food. The extent to which blood coagulation was restored by the diet was taken as a measure for its vitamin K content.

The precise function of vitamin K was not discovered before 1974, when the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor prothrombin was isolated from cows which had received a high dose of the vitamin K-antagonist warfarin. It was shown that normal prothrombin contained 10 unusual amino acid residues which were identified as g-carboxyglutamate (abbreviation: Gla). Prothrombin isolated from warfarin-treated cows had normal glutamate at the Gla-positions, and was designated as descarboxyprothrombin. The extra carboxyl group in Gla made clear that vitamin K plays a role in a carboxylation reaction during which Glu is converted into Gla.

Discovery of Gla-proteins

At present, the following human Gla-proteins have been characterized to the level of primary structure: the blood coagulation factors II (prothrombin), VII, IX, and X, the anticoagulant proteins C and S, and the thrombin-targeting protein Z, the bone Gla-protein osteocalcin, the calcification inhibiting Matrix Gla-protein (MGP), the cell growth regulating growth arrest specific gene 6 protein (Gas6), and the proline-rich Gla-proteins (PRGPs) the function of which is at present unknown. In all cases in which their function was known, the presence of the Gla-residues in these proteins turned out to be essential for functional activity.

Gla-proteins occur in a wide variety of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. The venom of a number of Australian snakes acts by activating the human blood clotting system. Remarkably, in some cases activation was accomplished by Gla-proteins capable of binding to phospholipid membranes and subsequent conversion of procoagulant clotting factors into activated ones.

Another interesting class of invertebrate Gla-proteins is formed by the conantokins, produced by the fish-hunting snail Conus geographus. These snails produce a neurotoxin containing a variety of extremely Gla-rich proteins, which are sufficiently powerful to kill an adult man.

Structures of K-vitamins

Vitamin K is a group name for a number of related compounds, which have in common a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure, and which vary in the aliphatic side chain attached at the 3-position (see figure 1). Phylloquinone (also known as vitamin K1) invariably contains in its side chain four isoprenid residues one of which is unsaturated.

Menaquinones have side chains composed of a variable number of unsaturated isoprenoid residues; generally they are designated as MK-n, where n specifies the number of isoprenoids.

It is generally accepted that the naphthoquinone is the functional group, so that the mechanism of action is similar for all K-vitamins. Substantial differences may be expected, however, with respect to intestinal absorption, transport, tissue distribution, and bio-availability. These differences are caused by the different lipophilicity of the various side chains, and by the different food matrices in which they occur.

Figure 1: Chemical structures of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone, left structure) and vitamin K2 (menaquinones, right structure). Both contain a functional naphthoquinone ring and an aliphatic side chain. Phylloquinone has a phytyl side chain, whereas in menaquinone the side chain is composed of a varying number of isoprenoid residues.
"Vitamin K" is also a slang term for the chemically and functionally unrelated drug Ketamine.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vitamin K."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: K

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

K

DanishKilobyteComputing

K

DutchGetal van KnudsenMeteorology & Standards, Transportation

K

EnglishKayserChemistry, Meteorology & Standards

k

FinnishKilo-Electrical Engineering, Meteorology & Standards

K

FrenchCathodeElectrical Engineering

K

GermanKaratChemistry, Meteorology & Standards

K

Greekμήκος περιορισμού του συνελικτικού κώδικαComputing

K

ItalianGrado KelvinMeteorology & Standards
K + RDutchZoen- en ZoefplekSocial Sciences, Transportation
1 K EEPROMEnglish1,000 bit electrically erasable programmable read only memoryN/A
T k oFrenchTonne-kilomètre offerteMeteorology & Standards, Transportation
R KGermanRing und KugelN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: K

Synonyms: a thousand (adj), one thousand (adj), thousand (adj), atomic number 19 (n), chiliad (n), grand (n), kelvin (n), potassium (n), thou (n), yard (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: K

English words defined with "k": constant of proportionality ♦ factor of proportionality ♦ hypothrombinemia ♦ Semipalmated. (references)
Specialty definitions using "k": 4-Hydroxycoumarins ♦ Abbe-Helmet criterion, arc sine transformation, arcsine transformation ♦ B. of B. K, balanced k-way merge sort, Bartlett's decomposition, binomial tree, Biot number, bivariate Pascal distribution, Boltzmann constant, Brahe, Tycho 1546-1601 ♦ calc-alkalic, call-with-current-continuation, causal distribution, Chinese remainder theorem, CMYK, Cochran's rule, combinator, concentration ratio, Continuation Passing Style, Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543 ♦ degenerate distribution, deterministic distribution, DS level ♦ Endopeptidase K, error of the third kind ♦ Factor VII Deficiency ♦ Gabriel's STP, Gabriel's test, Galilei, Galileo, Gaussian constant, Goedel, guarded hot plate ♦ Helicity, Helmert criterion, Hubble, Edwin P. 1889-1953, Huygens, Christiaan ♦ inverse multinomial sampling, inverse Pólya distribution ♦ James-Stein estimator, JK flip-flop, John's cyclic incomplete block designs, Justice ♦ k-, K INDEX, k-ary heap, k-ary Huffman encoding, k-ary tree, k-coloring, k-d tree, k-dimensional, K-dominant match, Kepler, Johannes 1571-1630, Kp INDEX, k-samples problem, kth order Fibonacci numbers, K-tuple, k-way merge, k-way merge sort ♦ Laplaces's theorem, lifted domain, LL, Longitudinal Waves ♦ Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity-distribution law, moderately exponential, Mood-Brown median test ♦ Neurokinin K, Nusselt number ♦ ordered alternative hypothesis ♦ polynomial hierarchy, polynomial time, potassium apatite, Potassium Radioisotopes, projective plane ♦ Receptors, Neurokinin-2, recurrent state, rotatable design ♦ select and partition, slope selection, Stefan-Boltzmann Law, Steiner's triple systems, Stevens-Craig distribution, SUNSPOT NUMBER ♦ thermodynamic probability, Thomson, William 1824-1907, type III error ♦ unreduced designs. (references)
Non-English Usage: "K" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Chinese (K&R), Czech (by, for, near, on, to, toward, towards, unto), German (k), Haitian Creole (who), Hungarian (to knock), Korean (K&R).

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Modern Usage: K

DomainUsage

Screenplays

K is back (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

K that won't work he's a Balchinian (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Am I K in your book (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella)

Lyrics

Hummin, hummin comin up at cha like Ralph K (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat)

Movie/TV Titles

Fists of the Double K (1974)

Milácku...? Hodíme se k sobe (1974)

K Is for Killing (1974)

El Extraño caso de Rachel K (1973)

Pancevo Deset godina Kombinata P I K Tamis (1973)

Song Titles

I Got A Man (performing artist: Positive K)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: K

DomainTitle

References

  • S & K Famous Brands, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • D & K Healthcare Resources, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • G & K Services, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • K & S AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: K

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Photo Album: K

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Test Firing of 750 K Motor for ELV. Credit: NASA.

Meteorological satellite NOAA K being readied for launch. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Four F-15 Eagles from the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, fly next to Mt. Fuji, Japan, Nov. 22. Flying in the F-15D (foreground) is Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters and pilot Capt. Joel Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron. (P.; photo by Master Sgt. Marvin K..

Capt. Joel Carey, 44th Fighter Squadron, provides a pre-flight briefing to Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters prior to their F-15 Eagle flight to Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 22. Peters is touring bases in the Pacific. (P.; photo by Master Sgt. Marvin K..

Architectural drawing for a drugstore and restaurant ("Whelan's Drugs"), Connecticut Avenue and K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Perspective rendering. Credit: Library of Congress.

K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings. Credit: Library of Congress.

Suter's Tavern, K Street at 31st, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Exterior of Convention Hall, successor to Center Market, 5th and K streets, Washington, D.C.]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washington, D.C. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital. Credit: Library of Congress.

View from the 2nd story of the residence of Mrs. Comre. John Rodgers, Franklin Row, K Street at 12 & 13 Sts, Washington, D.C., overlooking the backyard and adjacent neighborhood, and showing children standing on balconies. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: K
 

"Deaf Alphabet - K" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "Deaf Alphabet - One Hand --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)."		"Rise up" by Keith Corcoran
Commentary: "Clibing out of the trenches every morning is no easy task. so i sit the camera on the handrail and snap away. this one looks decent. www.k eithcorcoran.com ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: K

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Supplements of vitamins A, D, E, and K are given to ensure good nutrition. (references)

Most are consumed in your diet (exceptions being vitamins K and D which are produced by intestinal bacteria and sunlight on the skin, respectively). (references)

They also should take vitamin K supplements after 34 weeks of pregnancy to reduce the risk of a blood-clotting disorder in infants called neonatal coagulopathy that can result from fetal exposure to epilepsy medications. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Instead of T and I accounts, non-residents will be able to have K (convertible), N, (non-convertible), or F (individual) accounts. (references)

Georgia

Georgia maintains an embassy in the United States at Suite 424, 1511 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 393-5959, fax (202) 393-4532. (references)

Colombia

OPIC joined Chase Manhattan Bank and other lending institutions to support K & M Engineering and Consulting Corporation in the Mamonal project (now owned by KMR Power Corporation), a natural gas-fired generation facility being built in Cartagena. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians, a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called Klatch, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr. Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, circa 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so, it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always Klatch and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr. Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: K

"K" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 74.24% of the time. "K" is used about 3,176 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Alphabetical Symbol74.24%2,3583,778
Noun (proper)24.41%7758,892
Unclassified Items1.35%4352,181
                    Total100.00%3,176N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: K

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

K & S Corporation Limited

Germany

K & S AG

Japan

K B Co., Ltd.

Malaysia

K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad

United Kingdom

K S Biomedix Holdings Plc

USA

D & K Healthcare Resources, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: K

Expressions using "k": Amino Acid K ♦ Endopeptidase K ♦ Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples ♦ K band ♦ K Care ♦ K Ceylonensis ♦ K fruticosa ♦ K I Sawyer A F B ♦ K particle ♦ K ration ♦ K triandra ♦ milli K ♦ Neurokinin K ♦ Nilo K ♦ vitamin K ♦ Vitamin K Deficiency. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "k": K-ar, K-atpase, K-band, K-board, K-brace, k-car, K-chell, k-class, k-club, k-co, k-creative, K-cut, K-day, K-dependent, K-Dur, k-edge, K-factor, k-factors, k-fold, k-i-c-k, k-iii, k-keen, K-k-k-katy, K-korea, K-line, K-lor, K-lyte, K-map, K-mart, K-max, k-meson, k-mesons, k-modification, k-motronic, k-nine, K-paul, K-post, k-promoted, k-ras, k-rase, k-razy, k-reg, k-registered, k-registration, k-rhodizonate, k-rich, k-richterite, k-richterites, k-r-y-t-r-o-n, k-samples, k-selected, k-series, k-space, K-spool, k-stars, k-statistic, k-statistics, k-surface, k-swiss, k-tables, K-tel, K-telestar, K-test, K-tone, K-tuple, k-tuples, k-two, k-type, K-value, K-y.

Ending with "k": constant-k.

Containing "k": 401-k plan, Bay-K-8644, J-o-k-e, M-l-c-k-e-y, S-K reduction machine, Uni-k-swiss.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: K

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

k

6,892

k nagra parminder

268

k 12

1,536

k reliant

244

relient k

1,286

k b toy

241

k n

1,275

k swiss shoes

235

education k 12

1,047

julie k smith

233

k lite

1,032

special k

233

vitamin k

855

k os

226

k swiss

764

k tv

215

k rock

561

codec k lite pack

190

k ci jojo

545

k n.com

185

h k

408

m k

181

k love

404

circle k

179

pre k furniture

370

bud k

174

anna k

366

k company

167

hamilton laurell k

360

k 1

165

b k

340

k l

161

k lyrics relient

333

k line

159

k lite.tk

319

92.3 k rock

157

k s

315

k tool

154

g k

298

k and n air filter

151
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: K

Language Translations for "k"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vitamin K (menadione, vitamin K3, vitamine K), reaktivitetsenhed milli-K (milli K), Nilo K (Nilo K), jordtransport over en afstand af: (transport of excavated material for a distance of ... k), Friedmans rangordentest for k-korrelaterede stikprøver (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vitamine K (vitamine K), Nilo K (Nilo K), milli-K (milli K), grondtransport over een afstand van ... km (transport of excavated material for a distance of ... k), fyllochinon (vitamine K), Friedman-test (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یازدهمین حرف الفبای انگلیسی , هرچیزی شبیهK . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

k-tunnusluvut (k-statistics), K-testi (K-test), K-taajuusalue (K band), K-monikko (K-tuple), K-kaista (K-band), k-avaruus (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space), kalium-argonmenetelmä (K-A dating), kalium-argoniänmääritys (K-A dating), K1-vitamiini (phylloquinone, vitamin K1, vitamine K), k:n otoksen ongelma (k-samples problem), luokan K maaperä (K soil), leikkaus solmujen vierestä (K-cut, knot cut), fyllokinoni (phylloquinone, vitamin K1, vitamine K), aaltolukuavaruus (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space). (various references)

   

French

  

Kaon (k meson), milli-K (milli K), bande K (K band, K-band), coefficients k (k-statistics), complexe K (K-complex), coupe K (K-cut), datation potassium-argon (K-A dating), espace des nombres d'ondes (k-space), indice k (k value), jour K (K-day), assemblage en K (K-brace), méson lourd (k meson), vitamine K (vitamine K), N-uplet (K-tuple), paramètres k (k-statistics), problème des k-échantillons (k-samples problem), protéinase K (K proteinase), sol K (K soil), table de Karnaugh (K-map), test de Friedman de k échantillons appariés (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), test K de Mann (K-test), transport de terre sur une distance de ... km (transport of excavated material for a distance of ... k), valeur k (k value), méson k (k meson). (various references)

   

German

  

k (candle power, carat, karat), tausend-. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

K-TONE (K-tone), K-LINE (K-line), k-στατιστικές συναρτήσεις (k-statistics), κοπή K (K-cut, knot cut), χάρτης Karnaugh (Karnaugh map, K-map), χώρος κυματικού αριθμού (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space), πρόβλημα k-δειγμάτων (k-samples problem), μεταφορά γαιών σε απόσταση.....χιλιομέτρων (transport of excavated material for a distance of ... k), νυάδα (K-tuple), βιταμίνη Κ (vitamine K), φυλλοκινόνη (phylloquinone, vitamin K1, vitamine K), έλεγχος K (K-test), Nilo K R (Nilo K), καίι τόουν (K-tone), καίι-λάιν (K-line), κόψιμο K (K-cut, knot cut), σύμπλεγμα-Κ (K-complex). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

k-nap (k-day). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Lettera non presente nell'alfabeto italiano. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

kay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vitamina K (vitamine K), teste K de Mann (K-test), teste K (K-test), quadro de Karnaugh (Karnaugh map, K-map), problema de K-amostras (k-samples problem), mapa Karnaugh (Karnaugh map, K-map), estatística K de Fisher (k-statistics), estatística K (k-statistics), espaco dos numeros de onda (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space), datação pelo método K/Ar (K-A dating), corte K (K-cut, knot cut), complexo K (K-complex), banda K (K band, K-band). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неприкосновенный запас (emergency store, K-ration). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

kastanozem (K soil), vitamina K (vitamine K), suelo K (K soil), prueba de K (K-test), prueba de Friedman (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), problema de k muestras (k-samples problem), mapa de Karnaugh (Karnaugh map, K-map), filoquinona (vitamine K), estadística-k (k-statistics), espacio del número de ondas (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space), corte K (K-cut, knot cut), complejo K (K-complex), banda K (K band, K-band). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Ktest (K-test), K-skärning (K-cut, knot cut), k-sampelproblem (k-samples problem), k-rum (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space), k-parametrar (k-statistics), K-meson (heavy meson, k meson, Kaon), K-jordmån (K soil), K-bandet (K-band), kastanozem (K soil), kaon (heavy meson, k meson, Kaon), kalium-argondatering (K-A dating), vitamin K (vitamine K), Nilo K (Nilo K), milli-k (milli K), impulsrum (k-space, momentum space, wavenumber space). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: K

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 9, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai kaqwV proeirhken hsaiaV ei mh kurioV sabawq egkatelipen hmin sperma wV sodoma an egenhqhmen kai wV gomorra an wmoiwqhmen
Latin405VulgateEt sicut praedixit Esaias nisi Dominus Sabaoth reliquisset nobis semen sicut Sodoma facti essemus et sicut Gomorra similes fuissemus
Old English990West SaxonHit is swa Isaia hæfde æror gesægd:"Þy læs þe ælmihtig God hæfde us eoforan gelæten,sceoldon we beon swa Sodom,sceoldon we beon swa Gomora." k
Middle English1395WyclifAnd as Ysaye bifor seide, But God of oostis hadde left to vs seed, we hadden be maad as Sodom, and we hadden be lijk as Gommor.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd as Esaias sayd before: Except the Lorde of sabaoth had left us seede we had bene made as Zodoma and had bene lykened to Gomorra.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: K

LanguageRomans Chapter 9, Verse 29
CebuanoUg ingon sa gitagna ni Isaias: Kon ang Ginoo sa mga kasundalohan wala pa magbilin kanatog mga kaliwat, mahisama unta kita sa Sodoma ug mahimo unta kitang ingon sa Gomorra."
CroatianTako je Izaija i prorekao: Da nam Gospodin nad Vojskama ne ostavi sjeme, ko Sodoma bismo bili i Gomori nalik.
DanishOg som Esajas forud har sagt: "Dersom den Herre Zebaoth ikke havde levnet os en Sæd, da vare vi blevne som Sodoma og gjorte lige med Gomorra."
DutchEn gelijk Jesaja te voren gezegd heeft: Indien de Heere Sebaoth ons geen zaad had overgelaten, zo waren wij als Sodom geworden, en Gomorra gelijk gemaakt geweest.
FinnishNiinkuin Esaias myös on ennustanut: "Ellei Herra Sebaot olisi jättänyt meille siementä, niin meidän olisi käynyt niinkuin Sodoman, ja me olisimme tulleet Gomorran kaltaisiksi".
FrenchEt, comme Ésaïe l`avait dit auparavant: Si le Seigneur des armées Ne nous eût laissé une postérité, Nous serions devenus comme Sodome, Nous aurions été semblables à Gomorrhe.
GermanUnd wie Jesaja zuvorsagte: "Wenn uns nicht der HERR Zebaoth hätte lassen Samen übrig bleiben, so wären wir wie Sodom und Gomorra."
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYesaya berkata begini juga, "Seandainya Allah Yang Mahakuasa tidak meninggalkan kepada kita keturunan, pasti kita semua sudah menjadi seperti Sodom dan Gomora."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan seperti sabda Yesaya terdahulu: Jikalau kiranya tiada Tuhan segala bala tentara itu meninggalkan suatu benih bagi kita, niscaya sudahlah kita menjadi sama seperti Sodom dan Gomorah.
LatvianKâ jau Isajs iepriekð pateicis: Ja Kungs Sabaots nebûtu atstâjis mums sçklu, mçs bûtu kïuvuði kâ Sodoma un lîdzinâtos Gomorai.
MaoriA, e ki ra a Ihaia i mua ra, Me kahore te toe i te Atua o nga mano he whanau mo tatou, kua pera tatou me Horoma, kua rite ano hoki ki Komora.
NorwegianOg som Esaias forut har sagt: Hadde ikke den Herre Sebaot levnet oss en sæd, så var vi blitt som Sodoma og gjort like med Gomorra.
PortugueseE como antes dissera Isaías: Se o Senhor dos Exércitos não nos tivesse deixado descendência, teríamos sido feitos como Sodoma, e seríamos semelhantes a Gomorra.   
RumanianWi, cum zisese Isaia mai knainte: ,,Dacq nu ne-ar fi lqsat Domnul Savaot o sqmknyq, am fi ajuns ca Sodoma, wi ne-am fi asemqnat cu Gomora.``
ShuarNúnisan Isayas ataksha tawai: "Ashí akupeana Nú Yus iin waitnentramachkurninkia Sutuma péprusha Kumura péprusha takamtsuk Jákarmia Núnisan Jákaaji."
SpanishY como dijo antes Isaías: Si el Señor de los Ejércitos no nos hubiera dejado descendencia, habríamos llegado a ser como Sodoma y seríamos semejantes a Gomorra.
SwahiliNi kama Isaya alivyosema hapo awali: "Kama Bwana Mwenye Nguvu asingalituachia baadhi ya watoto wa Israeli, tungalikwisha kuwa kama Sodoma, tungalikwisha kuwa ma Gomora."
SwedishOch det är såsom redan Esaias har sagt: "Om Herren Sebaot icke hade lämnat en avkomma kvar åt oss, då vore vi såsom Sodom, vi vore Gomorra lika."
UmaRia wo'o lolita pelowa nabi Yesaya to mpo'uli': Ane rapa' -na Pue' Alata'ala to mobaraka' uma mpetoro-taka ba hangkuja dua pomuli, ke ropu' mpu'u-tamo, hewa pue' ngata Sodom pai' Gomora owi."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: K

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "k"
 

+1 letter: ka.

 

+2 letters: ark, ask, auk, dak, eke, elk, ick, ilk, ink, irk, kab, kae, kaf, kas, kat, kay, kea, kef, keg, ken, kep, kex, key, khi, kid, kif, kin, kip, kir, kit, koa, kob, koi, kop, kor, kos, kue, lek, oak, oka, oke, ska, ski, sky, tsk, uke, wok, yak, yok, yuk, zek.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art 		9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Company Usage
12. Expressions 		13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Abbreviations 		17. Acronyms
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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