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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.
- Kirchhoff"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.
- Kirchhoff"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.
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