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Ki

KI
Chemical formula for Potassium Iodide.
KiB
Abbreviation of kibibyte, equal to two to the power of ten bytes.
kibibyte
Equal to two to the power of ten bytes.
Kidney
An organ in the body which is used for excretion.
Killed Steel
Steel treated with a strong deoxidizing agent.
Kiln
A furnace in which ceramics are fired.
kilo
Prefix representing a multiplication of 103
kilo calories
1000 calories.
kilo electron volts
Abbreviated as keV, one thousand electron volts.
kilo pounds per square inch
A unit of pressure used in the imperial system of units.
Kilobyte
In SI units this is 1000 bytes.
Kilogram
The SI unit of mass is the kilogram.
Kilogram Force
Equivalent to the force exerted by 1 kilogram due to the local acceleration due to gravity.
kilohertz
1000 cycles per second.
kilojoule
One thousand joules.
kilometre
A length equal to 1000 metres.
Kilometres Per Hour
Unit of velocity used by most land based vehicles.
kilopond
Another name for kilogram force.
kilowatt
One thousand watts.
Kinematic Viscosity
The dynamic viscosity of a fluid divided by the fluid density.
Kinematics
A branch of mechanics dealing with the motion of rigid bodies without reference to their masses or the forces acting on the bodies.
Kinetic Energy
The energy that a body possesses solely because it is moving.
Kinetic Heating
Heating as a result of air friction.
Kinetics
The study of how fast reactions occur.
kip
Abbreviation of kilo pounds force.
Kirchoffs Law
The basic law for current flow and voltage sources.
Kirkwood Gaps
Gaps in the asteroid belt, caused by resonance effects from Jupiter.
Kite
A quadrilateral which has two pairs of adjacent sides equal.
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