glossary K

In the industrial and industry context, a keyboard refers to a computer peripheral that is used for inputting text and commands into a computer or other electronic device.

In the industrial and industry context, kinetic refers to the energy or motion of an object or system. Kinetic energy is the energy that an object possesses due to its motion, and it can be transformed into other forms of energy, such as heat or electrical energy.

Deutsch: Küche / Español: Cocina / Português: Cozinha / Français: Cuisine / Italiano: Cucina

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a microwave oven, a dishwasher and other electric appliances. The main function of a kitchen is cooking or preparing food but it may also be used for dining, food storage, entertaining, dishwashing and laundry.

Kaolin is referring to a group of clay minerals, such as kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, derived from the alteration of aluminum silicate minerals, such as feldspars and mica.

Kernel refers to whole grain of a cereal; the mature ovule.

Kairomone refers to a chemical or mixture of chemicals emitted by an organism (e.g. a plant) that induces a response in an individual of another species (e.g. an insect) that is beneficial to the receiving organism.

Kyoto Protocol makes reference to the International agreement among industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997.

Kedge anchor or stock/nonburying anchor is the best example of the large, heavy, Cross-shaped fisherman?s anchor/yachtsman?s anchor, which holds the boat with its weight and by snagging rocks.