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K (upper case)

The symbol for kelvin, the SI unit of temperature. Preceded by a non-breaking space, e.g. 1.9 K.

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kaon

Not "K-meson"

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KASCADE

Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

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KEK

Kō Enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Japan

Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier

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kelvin

The SI unit of temperature. Spell out on first mention. Note the lower-case k (all SI units are lower case when spelled out); can be abbreviated to K (upper case) in subsequent mentions. Note that, although it is a measure of temperature, it is a standalone unit, not a type of degree, so never write "degrees kelvin" or "°K". The plural of kelvin is kelvins.

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Kiev

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kilogram

not "kilogramme"

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kilometre (km)

unit of distance

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KLOE

K Long Experiment

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

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KM3NeT

Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope

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know-how (noun)

use hyphen

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KT Forum

CERN’s external knowledge transfer network (formerly called ENET)

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