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Eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet
K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay, plural kays. Wikipedia →
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đź“– Definitions
Letter The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Symbol A voiceless velar plosive.
Symbol The permeability of a material for fluids.
Symbol The spring constant of an elastic material.
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đź“š Books worth reading
A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin · 1968
Principles of marketingPhilip Kotler, Gary Armstrong · 1980
Novel NotesJerome Klapka Jérôme · 1893
Intermediate AccountingDonald E. Kieso · 1974
The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThomas S. Kuhn, Dennis Holland · 1955
Civilization in the WestMark A. Kishlansky, Patrick J. Geary · 1991
College physicsRandall Dewey Knight, Randall D. Knight · 2006
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 2011
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