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Substrings of length k contained in a biological sequence
In bioinformatics, k-mers are substrings of length k {\displaystyle k} contained within a biological sequence. Primarily used within the context of computational
K-mer
Methods in computational biology
each possible k-mer (possible number of k-mers for nucleotide sequence: 4k, while that for protein sequence: 20k) in sequences. Each k-mer count in each
Alignment-free sequence analysis
Alignment-free_sequence_analysis
DNA sequences that jump/transpose within a genome
the k-mer approach, where a k-mer is a sequence of length k. In this approach, the genome is scanned for overrepresented k-mers; that is, k-mers that
Transposable_element
Pan-genome Graph Construction Methodology
such graphs, nodes often represent genomic sequences (e.g. DNA segments or k-mers) and edges represent adjacency relationships as they occur in individual
Pan-genome_graph_construction
the existence of a k-mer in a sequence or set of sequences. The k-mers of the sequence are indexed in a Bloom filter, and any k-mer of the same size can
Bloom filters in bioinformatics
Bloom_filters_in_bioinformatics
DNA and protein sequence alignment software package
Taking a k-mer to equal 1 or 2. In this step all or a group of the identities between two sequences are found using a look up table. The k-mer value determines
FASTA
Process in materials science
For k {\displaystyle k} -mers on a one-dimensional lattice, we have for the fraction of vertices covered, θ k = k ∫ 0 ∞ exp ( − u − 2 ∑ j = 1 k − 1
Random_sequential_adsorption
Item sequences in computational linguistics
numbers, "one-mer", "two-mer", "three-mer", etc. are used in computational biology for polymers or oligomers of a known size, called k-mers. When the items
N-gram
Pairwise sequence alignment algorithm
non-overlapping k-mers (words with k letters) in the target database, except for highly repeated k-mers. BLAT then builds a list of all overlapping k-mers from the
BLAT_(bioinformatics)
Species of plant in the family Fabaceae
"Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) genome size estimation using flow cytometry and K-Mer analyses". Plants. 9 (2): 270. Bibcode:2020Plnts...9..270M. doi:10.3390/plants9020270
Rooibos
Unclassified/poorly understood genetics
that examine sequences for similarities to bacterial 16S RNA sequences, K-mer similarities to known viruses, specific features of codon usage, or for
Biological_dark_matter
Algorithm package
A to node B exists if the last k-1 characters of the k-mer, represented by A, are the first k-1 characters of the k-mer represented by B. The following
Velvet_assembler
Topics referred to by the same term
items. n-gram may also refer to: Google Ngram Viewer n-gram language model k-mer, the application of the n-gram concept to biological sequences Polygram
N-gram_(disambiguation)
Study of viral material
Sequencing reads are assembled into overlapping subsequences of a fixed length k (k-mers) known as contigs. Contigs are aligned to reference databases for sequence
Virome_analysis
Method of DNA sequence reconstruction
shortened down to mimic short reads quality. A typical method to do so is the k-mer approach. Reference-guided assembly is most useful using long-reads. Referenced-guided
Sequence_assembly
Genome assembly algorithm
bulge/bubble and chimeric reads. Stage 2: k-bimer (pairs of k-mers) adjustment. Exact distances between k-mers in the genome (edges in the assembly graph)
SPAdes_(software)
Field of molecular biology
have required machine learning approaches to interpret the data. A gapped k-mer SVM model has been used to infer the kmers that are enriched within cis-regulatory
Functional_genomics
graphs, increasing k-mer size inflates memory usage, as k-mers are more likely to be unique. However, the most important parts of a k-mer are its ends, as
Spaced_seed
sequencing reads. Blue Blue is a short-read error-correction tool based on k-mer consensus and context. BFC A sequencing error corrector designed for Illumina
List of RNA-Seq bioinformatics tools
List_of_RNA-Seq_bioinformatics_tools
Two rules about the percentage of A, C, G, and T in DNA strands
complex parity rule: within a single strand of DNA any oligonucleotide (k-mer or n-gram; length ≤ 10) is present in equal numbers to its reverse complementary
Chargaff's_rules
diversity of sample sets. Bag-of-words model Jaccard index Concept mining k-mer MinHash n-gram Rabin fingerprint Rolling hash Vector space model Broder;
W-shingling
Classification by similarity of DNA
marker gene sequences can be sorted into OTUs using molecular phylogeny, k-mer composition, or hybrid methods combining these methods with similarity.
Operational_taxonomic_unit
Method of genome sequencing
these distances. First, it generates k-mer frequency profiling using a tool called JellyFish and then these k-mers are converted into hashes. A random
Genome_skimming
Directed graph representing overlaps between sequences of symbols
that contain all possible k-mers, de novo sequence assemblers make use of De Bruijn subgraphs that contain only the k-mers observed in a sequencing dataset
De_Bruijn_graph
integer values. In other words, hash all the l-mers using the k-mer of any l-mer as its hash value. All the l-mers that have the same hash value fall into the
Planted_motif_search
Search tree data structure
such as BLAST, which indexes all the different substrings of length k (called k-mers) of a text by storing the positions of their occurrences in a compressed
Trie
Software in bioinformatics
fragments of a specified size, k. The k-mers are then used as edges in the graph assembly. Nodes are built as (k-1)-mers connect by an edge. The assembler
De_novo_sequence_assemblers
smallest hash values of its k-mers of size 2. These sketches are then compared to estimate the fraction of shared k-mers (Jaccard index) of the corresponding
Computational_genomics
Species of virus
Warrilow D, Tang B, et al. (2020). "Sequencing of Historical Isolates, K-mer Mining and High Serological Cross-Reactivity with Ross River Virus Argue
Getah_virus
Bioinformatics search algorithm
Like Alignment Tool). While BLAST does a linear search, BLAT relies on k-mer indexing the database, and can thus often find seeds faster. Another software
BLAST_(biotechnology)
Software for sequence alignment
{\displaystyle O(N^{2}\cdot L+N\cdot L^{2})} . Here, the pairwise k {\displaystyle k} -mer distance calculation is computed as O ( N 2 ⋅ L ) {\displaystyle
MUSCLE_(alignment_software)
Virus-derived DNA in another organism
similarity to known viruses. In 2021, it has been demonstrated that the k-mer composition of endogenous RNA virus resemble that of their exogenous counterparts
Endogenous_viral_element
Topics referred to by the same term
Cambodia. KMER AM radio station in Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA. k-mer, all the possible substrings of length k that are contained in a string, typically considered
Kmer
a set. Primarily used in bioinformatics to test for the existence of a k-mer in a sequence or sequences. Kabsch algorithm: calculate the optimal alignment
List_of_algorithms
Searching for patterns in text
Vector and Scalar String-Matching-Algorithms in C Nathaniel K. Brown, et al.: "KeBaB: k-mer based breaking for finding long MEMs", arXiv:2502.20338v3 (09
String-searching_algorithm
Models used to produce word embeddings
(2017). "dna2vec: Consistent vector representations of variable-length k-mers". arXiv:1701.06279 [q-bio.QM]. Banerjee, Imon; Chen, Matthew C.; Lungren
Word2vec
Alignment-free sequence analysis Bioinformatics Computational genomics K-mer Phylogenomics Kariin, S and Burge, C. (1995). "Dinucleotide relative abundance
Genomic_signature
Software for finding prokaryotic genes
P_{k}(S_{x})+[1-{Y_{k}(S_{x-1})]\cdot IMM_{k-1}(S_{x})}} } "where Y k ( S x − 1 ) {\displaystyle Y_{k}(S_{x-1})} is the weight of the k-mer at position
GLIMMER
are obtained, they are hashed into k-mers. The k-mers then are recorded in a table with how many times each k-mer appeared in the reads. For this example
DNA_read_errors
Species of annelid
PMID 19781084. Kenny, Nathan J; Shimeld, Sebastian M (2012). "Additive multiple k-mer transcriptome of the keelworm Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida; Serpulidae)
Spirobranchus_lamarcki
Method used for sequencing random DNA strands
comes from, provided its genome is already known, by using for example a k-mer based taxonomic classifier software. With millions of reads from next generation
Shotgun_sequencing
American scientist
Retrieved 12 October 2012. Twitter feed "GitHub - thegenemyers/FASTK: A fast K-mer counter for high-fidelity shotgun datasets". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-08-27
Eugene_Myers
Italian company
Ottico Geometria Rotaia (Italian for optical rail geometry control). In 1997 MER MEC produced the ROGER 1000, a self-propelled vehicle for rail track and
MERMEC
2000 studio album by A Perfect Circle
Mer de Noms (French for "Sea of Names") is the debut studio album by American rock supergroup A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000
Mer_de_Noms
Professor of Physics (born 1937)
Chor, David Horn, Yaron Levy, Nick Goldman and Tim Massingham: Genomic DNA k-mer spectra: models and modalities. Genome Biology 2009, 10(10):R108 Erez Persi
David Horn (Israeli physicist)
David_Horn_(Israeli_physicist)
Synecdochic figure of speech
Merism (Latin: merismus, Ancient Greek: μερισμός, romanized: merismós) is a rhetorical device (or figure of speech) in which a combination of two contrasting
Merism
Classification of military personnel casualties
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
Killed_in_action
WW2 German fortification between Gold and Omaha Beaches, Normandy
The Longues-sur-Mer battery (German: Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer; also designated Widerstandsnest (Wn) 48) is a World War II German coastal
Longues-sur-Mer_battery
59–60. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3176. PMID 25402007. S2CID 5346781. B Buchfink, K Reuter and HG Drost (2021). "Sensitive protein alignments at tree-of-life
List of sequence alignment software
List_of_sequence_alignment_software
FASTQ data dereplication Dereplication for shotgun metagenome data by using k-mer approach screen Removing reads that are near-exact matches to the genomes
MG-RAST
approach, the length of the assembled sequences does not matter as once a k-mer spectrum has been constructed, the lengths of the reads are irrelevant.
Hybrid_genome_assembly
Algorithm in a thread whose failure cannot cause another thread to fail
counting of occurrences of k-mers". Bioinformatics (2011) 27(6): 764-770. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btr011 "Jellyfish mer counter". Harris, Tim; Fraser
Non-blocking_algorithm
Paradox relating to genetic diversity
1093/gbe/evac096. PMC 9305300. PMID 35738021. Roberts, M. D.; Josephs, E. B. (2025). "k-mer-based diversity scales with population size proxies more than nucleotide
The_paradox_of_variation
Study of genes found in the environment
taxonomic diversity, but can also be compared by sequence features such as k-mer profiles. Metadata on the environmental context of the metagenomic sample
Metagenomics
Organic chemical compound
chemistry, a carbo-mer (often carbo-mer or carbomer) is an expanded molecule obtained by insertion of C2 units into a given molecule. Carbo-mers differ from
Carbo-mer
American multinational cosmetics company
after L'Oréal. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, including La Mer, Jo Malone London, Clinique and Tom Ford Beauty, among many more, distributed
Estée_Lauder_Companies
Viral respiratory infection
respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Symptoms may range
MERS
Process in computational biology
prediction are statistics resulting from the sub-sequence statistics like k-mer statistics, Isochore (genetics) or Compositional domain GC composition/uniformity/entropy
Gene_prediction
that was torpedoed by U-90 520 nmi (970 km; 600 mi) west of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France. 46°47′N 13°42′W / 46.783°N 13.700°W / 46.783; -13.700 (SS Montanan)
List of shipwrecks in the mid-Atlantic Ocean
List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_mid-Atlantic_Ocean
NASA mission to explore Mars via two rovers
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
Mars_Exploration_Rover
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M–Z (next page) See also References Ajak (portrayed by Salma Hayek) is the wise and spiritual leader of the Eternals
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A–L
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_A–L
can be an indication of foreign origin. The oligonucleotide spectrum (or k-mer frequencies) measures the frequency of all possible nucleotide sequences
Inferring horizontal gene transfer
Inferring_horizontal_gene_transfer
Palestinian-Israeli actor
Juliano Mer-Khamis (Hebrew: ג'וליאנו מר ח'מיס; Arabic: جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 1958 – 4 April 2011) was an Israeli–Palestinian actor
Juliano_Mer-Khamis
overlap. De Bruijn graphs align k-mers (usually 25-50 bp) based on k-1 sequence conservation to create contigs. The k-mers are shorter than the read lengths
De novo transcriptome assembly
De_novo_transcriptome_assembly
Threshold of percolation theory models
3D lattices. Here z is the coordination number to k-mers of either orientation, with z = 6 k 2 + 18 k − 4 {\displaystyle z=6k^{2}+18k-4} The coverage is
Percolation_threshold
Record label founded by Emil E. Shalit in the 1940s
With Thee" (Barbarin) MLP 505: Playtime in Paris Bill McGuffie Trio "La Mer"; "C'est si bon"; "Boom!"; "Moulin Rouge"; "Louise"; "April In Paris"; "Clopin
Melodisc_Records
2020 song by K-391, Alan Walker and Ahrix
Norwegian DJs and producers K-391 and Alan Walker, and Dutch DJ and music producer Ahrix, released as a single on 6 March 2020 through MER Musikk. It contains
End of Time (K-391, Alan Walker and Ahrix song)
End_of_Time_(K-391,_Alan_Walker_and_Ahrix_song)
at IBM labs, and is basically a support vector machine trained with DNA k-mers from known sequences. SOrt-ITEMS is an alignment-based binning algorithm
Binning_(metagenomics)
province: Bungku Tengah sub-district, Sakita village on Tolo bay east coast. 678 Mer mnu 6b 85 Papua province: Nabire regency; West Papua province: Kaimana and
List of languages by total number of speakers in Indonesia
List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers_in_Indonesia
model". bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.08.28.555103. Hamada M, Kiryu H, Sato K, Mituyama T, Asai K (February 2009). "Prediction of RNA secondary structure using generalized
List of RNA structure prediction software
List_of_RNA_structure_prediction_software
coco de mer, the seed of a palm tree. It can reach about 30 centimetres (12 inches) long, and weigh up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds). The coco de mer, which
List_of_largest_seeds
Species of grass
carthlicum". Gupta, Pushpendra K. (2021). "GWAS for genetics of complex quantitative traits: Genome to pangenome and SNPs to SVs and k-mers". BioEssays. 43 (11)
Triticum_carthlicum
Medical condition
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex (D-MER) is a condition in which people who breastfeed develop negative emotions that begin just before the milk ejection
Dysphoric milk ejection reflex
Dysphoric_milk_ejection_reflex
Viruses found in marine environments
Ahlgren NA, Lu YY, Fuhrman JA, Sun F (July 2017). "VirFinder: a novel k-mer based tool for identifying viral sequences from assembled metagenomic data"
Marine_viruses
American chemist (1895–1966)
Victor Kuhn LaMer or La Mer (June 15, 1895 – September 26, 1966) was an American chemist and academic who was a professor at Columbia University. He has
Victor_LaMer
Indian-Swedish artist
kärlekshistoria blir film". sverigesradio.se/ (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-10-19. För mer än 40 år sen cyklade Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia hela vägen från Indien till
P._K._Mahanandia
Bioinformatics software
BLAST tabular output. YASS uses several transition-constrained spaced seed k-mers, which allow considerably improved sensitivity. YASS can be used locally
Yass_(software)
Public Enemies (2009) Jean-Pierre Melville Henri Decaë Le Silence de la mer (1949) Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Bob le flambeur (1956) Léon Morin, Priest
List of film director and cinematographer collaborations
List_of_film_director_and_cinematographer_collaborations
other officers. Sergeant Anaïs Fortin-Cozzens Sûreté du Québec Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec March 31, 2026 Died in hospital following a vehicle crash. Sergeant
List of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Canada
List_of_law_enforcement_officers_killed_in_the_line_of_duty_in_Canada
a mermaid named Tammy (played by Kate Micucci). Together they go to the Mer-kingdom (where Tammy lives) to find Foofa's doll. Songs: "Swim, Swim, Swim"
List of Yo Gabba Gabba! episodes
List_of_Yo_Gabba_Gabba!_episodes
Software for understanding biological data
of k-mers frequencies, which is a vector of dimension 4 k {\displaystyle 4^{k}} whose entries count the appearance of each subsequence of length k {\displaystyle
Machine learning in bioinformatics
Machine_learning_in_bioinformatics
Type of lease in Hong Kong
hk. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020. LA MER Archived 6 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine "Hong Kong Property Services
999-year_leases_in_Hong_Kong
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
SARS and MERS to COVID-19". Journal of Biomedical Science. 27 (1) 104. doi:10.1186/s12929-020-00695-2. PMC 7749790. PMID 33341119. Subbarao K (July 2021)
COVID-19_pandemic
Wetland in Indiana and Illinois, United States
Great Dismal Swamp Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Kopuatai Peat Dome Mer Bleue Bog Okefenokee Swamp Pantanal Pocosin Sundarbans PBS.ORG. "Everglades
Grand_Kankakee_Marsh
Ethnic group of Gujarat, India
Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Mer, Maher or Mehar (Gujarati: ISO 15919: Mēr, Mahēr, Mēhar) is a caste from the Saurashtra region
Mer_(community)
which leave him drained, sick and helpless. Tilaweed is one of the oldest mer-elves in the WaveDancer colony. She is about 5 foot 10 inches with her tail
List_of_Elfquest_characters
Entertainment scene in Belgrade, Serbia
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, Démolition d'un mur, Baignade en mer, and others. The premiere was attended by king Alexander Obrenović and queen
Nightlife_in_Belgrade
Viral pulmonary disease of humans
Viruses. 15 (5) 1130. doi:10.3390/v15051130. PMC 10220641. PMID 37243216. Meier K, Thorkelsson SR, Quemin ER, Rosenthal M (6 August 2021). "Hantavirus Replication
Hantavirus_pulmonary_syndrome
French port
The Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer is a seaport located on the western coast of the Hauts-de-France region, on the edge of the Pas de Calais, the world's busiest
Port_of_Boulogne-sur-Mer
2019 single by K-391, Alan Walker, Tungevaag and Mangoo
vocals provided by Norwegian recording artist Torine, it was released through MER Musikk, and exclusively licensed to Liquid State, a division of Sony Music
Play (K-391, Alan Walker and Martin Tungevaag song)
Play_(K-391,_Alan_Walker_and_Martin_Tungevaag_song)
Icelandic folk song
hrúti, hrygg og gæruskinn. Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér, krummi nafni minn. Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér, krummi nafni minn. Translation: A raven croaks outside
Krummavísa
List of Crusader historians after the fall of Acre
C. Du Fresne., Rey, E. G., Taranne, N. R. (1971). Les familles d'outre-mer. New York. Du Cange, C. Du Fresne. (1943). Glossarium ad scriptores mediæ
List of early modern works on the Crusades
List_of_early_modern_works_on_the_Crusades
2026 Marvel Studios television series
11, 2025. Retrieved October 11, 2025 – via Getty Images. Eclarinal, Aeron Mer (November 15, 2025). "Marvel Studios Confirms Wonder Man Has 3 Superpowers
Wonder_Man_(TV_series)
derived using only samples found in the PDB with the same sequence in the k-mer fragment. This requires more computational work than deriving a sequence-independent
Protein_fragment_library
Lab technique in cellular biology
de Bruijn graphs, which break reads into sequences of length k and collapse all k-mers into a hash table. Overlap graphs were used with Sanger sequencing
RNA-Seq
List of fish in Ukraine Aleksandrov, A. I., 1927: Anchois de la mer d'Azoff et de la mer Noire, leurs origine et indications taxonomiques. Reports of the
List of fishes of the Black Sea
List_of_fishes_of_the_Black_Sea
Species of bacterium
disregarded. Assembly was performed by SPAdes genome assembler using different k-mer values from 43-127 and Quast using N50 and L50 scores and the lowest quantity
Cardiobacterium_hominis
Louis Le Pensec, figure politique du Finistère et ancien ministre de la Mer, est décédé (in French) Janusz Majewski nie żyje. Słynny reżyser miał 92
Deaths_in_January_2024
You 4. Homeward Bound France Disques Vogue EPL 8472 La Mer Est Comme Toi (sung in French) 1. La Mer Est Comme Toi 2. L'Agent Secret 3. Pauvre Chérie 4. C'est
Petula_Clark_discography
Clan of the Mer people in India
the Mer ethnic people. They are found in different districts of Gujarat, India. It is one of the most important clan of the fourteen clans in the Mer community
Chudasama_(Mer_clan)
K MER
K MER
Male
Czechoslovakian
, butcher.
Girl/Female
English Greek
Sparkling. 'K' from the Greek spelling of krystallos.
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Sparkling; K from the Greek Spelling of Krystallos
Girl/Female
English Greek
Sparkling. 'K' from the Greek spelling of krystallos.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
K for Krishna, S for Shiv and G for Ganesh
Male
Czechoslovakian
, famous war.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Old High German Berhtram, BERTÓK means "bright raven."
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Gaelic, Irish
A Combination of Initials K and C; Alert; Watchful; Vigorous
Male
Polish
Polish form of Russian Svyatopolk, ÅšWIĘTOPEÅK means "blessed people."
Girl/Female
English Greek
Sparkling. 'K' from the Greek spelling of krystallos.
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of German Ludwig, LÚÃVÃK means "famous warrior."
Male
Greek
(Ἰσαάκ) Greek form of Hebrew Yitzchak, ISAÃK means "he will laugh."Â
Male
Egyptian
, the name of a mystical deity.
Girl/Female
English Greek
Sparkling. 'K' from the Greek spelling of krystallos.
Girl/Female
American, British, English
A Combination of Initials K and C; Alert; Vigorous
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Sparkling; K from the Greek Spelling of Krystallos
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Polish
Sparkling; K from the Greek Spelling of Krystallos; Crystal Ice
Girl/Female
British, English, Greek
Sparkling; K from the Greek Spelling of Krystallos
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Gaelic, Irish
A Combination of Initials K and C; Alert; Vigorous; Watchful
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Isaák, IZSÃK means "he will laugh."Â
K MER
K MER
Boy/Male
German Russian
Army man; soldier. Famous Bearer: romantic actor Armand Assante.
Girl/Female
English French
Certain fortune; fate. The mythological Greek god of fate.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Abode, Existence
Boy/Male
Hindu
Melody
Boy/Male
Muslim
Brave, A violent warrior
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian
Heights; Bulandi
Girl/Female
Tamil
Talent given by God, Beloved, Loving, Gods gift
Female
English
Feminine form of Latin Angelus, ANGELA means "angel, messenger."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the servant of a master craftsman, or a man known as Master.
Girl/Female
Greek American Hebrew French English
From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. Famous bearer: Old...
K MER
K MER
K MER
K MER
K MER
a.
See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).
n.
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
n.
A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
n.
One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.
a.
Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
a.
Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
a.
Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
superl.
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
superl.
Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.
n.
A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
v. t.
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
n.
Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).
a.
Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
n.
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
a.
Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
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Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.
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A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
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A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
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A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.