| kilometer |
a unit of length equal to one thousand meters or 0.621 mile. (abbr.: km) |
| kiloton |
a unit of power used in measuring the force of nuclear weapons, equal to the explosive force of one thousand tons of TNT. |
| kilovolt |
a unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts. (abbr.: kv, KV) |
| kilowatt |
a unit of electrical power equal to one thousand watts. (abbr.: kw, kW) |
| kip2 |
a unit of weight equal to one thousand pounds. |
| km |
abbreviation of "kilometer," or "kilometers," a unit of length equal to one thousand meters or 0.621 mile. |
| kv |
abbreviation of "kilovolt," or "kilovolts," a unit of electromotive force equal to one thousand volts. |
| kw |
abbreviation of "kilowatt," or "kilowatts," a unit of electrical power equal to one thousand watts. |
| long wave |
a low-frequency electromagnetic wave, usu. a radio wave that is longer than one thousand meters and below three hundred kilohertz in frequency. |
| magnetosphere |
a region between five hundred and several thousand miles above the earth's surface, in which charged particles are trapped by the earth's magnetic field. |
| Maldives |
an Indian Ocean country southwest of Sri Lanka, composed of about two thousand islands; Maldive Islands. |
| medium frequency |
any radio wave with a frequency of between three hundred and three thousand kilohertz. |
| metric ton |
a unit of weight equal to one thousand kilograms or 1.102 short tons (2204.623 pounds avoirdupois). |
| millennium |
a unit of time equal to one thousand years. [2/3 definitions] |
| millibar |
a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar or one thousand dynes per square centimeter. |
| million |
the product of multiplying one thousand times one thousand. [1/5 definitions] |
| Pleistocene |
of, relating to, or designating the geological epoch at the start of the Quaternary Period, from approximately 1.8 million to 10 thousand years ago, when glacial ice was widespread and modern humans first appeared. [1/2 definitions] |
| pound2 |
the chief monetary unit of Cyprus, equaling one hundred cents and one thousand mils. [1/4 definitions] |
| radio |
the sending of communications by means of electromagnetic waves in the frequency range from ten kilocycles to three hundred thousand megacycles. [1/9 definitions] |
| radio wave |
an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength of between one millimeter and thirty thousand meters, or a frequency of between ten kilohertz and three hundred thousand megahertz. |
| rial omani |
the chief monetary unit of Oman, equaling one thousand baiza. |