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K
1 also k informal an abbreviation of one
thousand
:
a salary of £30k a year
2TD an abbreviation of
kilobyte
or kilobytes
3 also k a written abbreviation of
kilometre
or kilometres:
a 20k international race walker
4 the abbreviation of
kelvin
or kelvins
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