Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Knight of the Red Cross
  • noun The chemical symbol for the element krypton.
  • noun An abbreviation of kreutzer.
  • noun An abbreviation of Knight of the Red Eagle (Prussia).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Chem.), abbreviated The chemical symbol for the element krypyon, one of the six noble gasses.

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  • noun chemistry Symbol for krypton.

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  • noun a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air
  • noun a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999

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Examples

  • The name Kṛishṇa occurs in Buddhist writings in the form Kaṇha, phonetically equivalent to Kṛishṇa.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

  • Also, the meaning of the name Kṛishṇa, black, suggests that he was a chief of some non-Aryan tribe.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

  • There's a new special-edition trim for the Nissan Rogue called Krōm.

    Car and Driver Blog 2009

  • In Copenhagen, we have The Hirschprung Collection, which is THE place to go for 19th century Danish painters such as Krøyer and Hammershøi.

    Academic and Illustration Museums James Gurney 2009

  • Well, I say Comedy Central shouldn’t choose a diacritical mark such as an umlaut and not actually use it on their Web site — that’s just unfair to the umlaut and cheapens the title Kröd Mändoon.

    Forget Caprica and Stargate, here’s Krod 2009

  • It is a beautiful drive through the National Park of Hoge Veluwe to the Kr ö ller-M ü ller Museum, where Rietveld's sculpture pavilion, which he designed in 1955 for a different site, was re-erected in the '60s and has recently been well renovated.

    A World Where Less Made More Colin Amery 2011

  • " The greatest risk for our optimistic forecast undoubtedly comes from the debt crisis in the euro area, " said J ö rg Kr ä mer , Commerzbank ' s chief economist.

    German Business Confidence Hits Record High Nina Koeppen 2010

  • This “heavy” Kr cannot generate modern atmosphere through degassing followed by mass fractionation during atmosphere loss.

    New Results from Stardust Mission Paint Chaotic Picture of Early Solar System | Universe Today 2010

  • But this exhibition, 123 works drawing on the collections of Van Gogh Museum and Kr ö ller-M ü ller Museum in the Netherlands, considers the question, How did van Gogh become van Gogh?

    Time Off: Events in Asia 2010

  • This image is most accurate for the noble gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Rn): each noble gas particle consists of a single atom.

    Elements 2009

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