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Kerr effect |
| noun - (physics) birefringence of a material induced by an electric field due to partial orientation of its molecules
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KG |
| initialism
- Knight of the Garter
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kilogram-meter |
| noun - (physics) a unit of work, equal to that done by a force of one kilogram acting through a distance of one meter
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kilohertz |
| noun
- A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
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kinetic energy |
| noun
- (physics): The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal to one half the mass of the body times the square of its velocity.
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