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- kilo
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Metric prefix for 1000. (103)
- kilovolt-ampere
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1000 volts at 1 ampere.
- kilowatt-hour
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1000 watts for 1 hour.
- kilowatt-hour meter
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A meter used by electric utility companies to measure the amount of electric power used by a customer.
- kinetic energy
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Energy associated with motion.
- Kirchoff's current law
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The sum of the currents flowing into a point in a circuit is equal to the sum of the currents flowing out of that same point.
- Kirchoff's voltage law
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The algebraic sum of the voltage drops in a closed path circuit is equal to the algebraic sum of the source voltages applied.
- knee voltage
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The voltage at which a curve joins two relatively straight portions of a characteristic curve. For a PN junction diode, the point in the forward operating region of the characteristic curve where conduction starts to increase rapidly. For a zener diode, the term is often used in reference to the zener voltage rating.