TK
Translingual
Symbol
TK
- (metrology) Symbol for terakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 1012 kelvins.
English
Etymology
Phonetic initialism, with "TK" chosen over "TC" because scarcely any English words contain the sequence "tk," making it easily searchable.
Adjective
TK (not comparable)
- (publishing) Abbreviation of to come. (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication)
- 1993, Wall Street & Technology, volume 11, page 244:
- Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago.
- 2018 June 2, Avi Selk, “Everything you need to know about Trump’s big envelope from Kim Jong Un and the hope for world peace”, in The Washington Post:
- [Q:] Will next week's summit lead to peace between the United States and North Korea?
[A:] TK.
Noun
TK
- Initialism of transitional kindergarten.
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteka/, [ˈt̪e.ka]
Noun
TK (first-person possessive TKku, second-person possessive TKmu, third-person possessive TKnya)
- (education) Initialism of taman kanak-kanak (“kindergarten”).
- (mapping) Initialism of titik kartometrik (“cartometric point”).
Further reading
- “TK” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Korean
Etymology
From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Taegu and Kyŏngbuk.
Synonyms
- 대경 (大慶, daegyeong)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛˈka/
- Rhymes: -ɛka
- Syllabification: T‧K
Noun
TK m inan
- Initialism of Trybunał Konstytucyjny. (constitutional tribunal)
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