noun
- The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
- synonyms: kelvin
- 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.
- synonyms: potassium, atomic number 19
- The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
- A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes.
- A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
- The 11th letter of the Roman alphabet.
- Street names for ketamine.
- synonyms: jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C
adjective
- Denoting a quantity consisting of 1, 000 items or units.
- synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, m
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