K Alphabet - Electronics Dictionary

kilo	Metric prefix for 1000. (10³)
kilovolt-ampere	1000 volts at 1 ampere.
kilowatt-hour	1000 watts for 1 hour.
kilowatt-hour meter	A meter used by electric utility companies to measure the amount of electric power used by a customer.
kinetic energy	Energy associated with motion.
Kirchhoff"s current law	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	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	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.