資料來源 : pyDict
字母k
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
K \K\, (k[=a]),
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 Ph[oe]nician source, the
ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is
most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
Note: In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in
crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a
correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked,
checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c, before
the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s. Formerly,
k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as
in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted.
Note: See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 240, 178, 179,
185.
資料來源 : WordNet®
K
n 1: the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under
the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: {kelvin}]
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 [syn: {potassium}, {atomic number 19}]
3: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
{thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {chiliad}, {G}, {grand},
{thou}, {yard}]
4: a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes
[syn: {kilobyte}, {KB}]
5: the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
6: street names for ketamine [syn: {jet}, {super acid}, {special
K}, {honey oil}, {green}, {cat valium}, {super C}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
K
{kilo-}, a {kilobyte}. Used both as a spoken word and
a written suffix, like {meg} and {gig} for {megabyte} and
{gigabyte}.
See {prefix}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-09-29)