KILOBARS | • kilobars n. Plural of kilobar. • KILOBAR n. a unit of atmospheric pressure. |
KILOBASE | • kilobase n. A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand. • kilobase n. A length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides. • KILOBASE n. a length of a thousand base pairs in a DNA chain. |
KILOBAUD | • kilobaud n. (Computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd. • KILOBAUD n. a unit of data transmission speed. |
KILOBITS | • kilobits n. Plural of kilobit. • KILOBIT n. a unit of computer information, one thousand bits. |
KILOBYTE | • kilobyte n. (Computing, especially networking) 1000 (103) bytes. SI Symbol: kB. • kilobyte n. (Computing, especially RAM) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 (210) bytes : a kibibyte. Frequently… • KILOBYTE n. one thousand bytes. |
KILOGRAM | • kilogram n. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of… • kilogram n. (Proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight. • KILOGRAM n. a unit of mass and weight, one thousand grams, also KILOGRAMME. |
KILOGRAY | • kilogray n. (Metrology) An SI unit of absorbed energy from ionizing radiation equal to 103 grays. Symbol: k. • KILOGRAY n. a unit of absorbed radiation, one thousand grays. |
KILOMOLE | • kilomole n. (Metrology) An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 103 moles. Symbol: kmol. • KILOMOLE n. one thousand moles. |
KILOPOND | • kilopond n. A gravitational metric unit of force equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by a mass off one kilogram… • KILOPOND n. a unit of measurement equal to the gravitational force on a mass of one kilogram. |
KILORADS | • kilorads n. Plural of kilorad. • KILORAD n. a unit of nuclear radiation. |
KILOTONS | • kilotons n. Plural of kiloton. • KILOTON n. a measure of explosive force equivalent to that of 1000 tons of TNT, also KILOTONNE. |
KILOVOLT | • kilovolt n. One thousand ( 103 ) volts. Symbol: kV or KV. • kilo-volt n. One thousand ( 103 ) volts. Symbol: kV or KV. • KILOVOLT n. a unit of electromotive force. |
KILOWATT | • kilowatt n. One thousand (103) watts. • kilo-watt n. One thousand (103) watts. Symbol: kW or KW. • KILOWATT n. a unit of power. |