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D vs K - What's the difference?

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In amino acid|lang=mul terms the difference between d and k

is that d is iupac one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid while k is iupac 1-letter abbreviation for lysine.

As letters the difference between d and k

is that d is the fourth letter of the while k is the eleventh letter of the.

As symbols the difference between d and k

is that d is deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen while k is symbol for potassium.

As a numeral d

is cardinal number five hundred (500).

d

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=c, next=e, image= (wikipedia d)

Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter D, from (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The fourth letter of the .

    • Usage notes

    The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the (.

    See also

    (Latn-script) * (select similar letters and symbols) * (other scripts) * See

    Etymology 2

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization of D or notch.

    Alternative forms

    * D,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number five hundred (500).
    • Usage notes
    With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).
    See also
    * Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *

    Etymology 3

    Symbol

    (Voiced alveolar plosive) (head)
  • the (path-independent, ) differential of a quantity
  • voiced alveolar plosive

    • See also

    * (mathematics) {{Letter , page=D , NATO=Delta , Morse=-·· , Character=D4 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin D.png, Capital and lowercase versions of D , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter D.png, Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur Image:Uncial d.png, Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d ----

    k

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=j, next=l, image= (wikipedia k)

    Letter

  • The eleventh letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) {{Letter , page=K , NATO=Kilo , Morse=–·– , Character=K , Braille=? }} * Uppercase: K * With cedilla: * With hook: * With * With acute: * With dot below: * With line below: * (kra) * (kappa) * (ka) Image:Latin K.png, Capital and lowercase versions of K , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter K.png, Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

    Symbol

    (Voiceless velar plosive) (head)
  • voiceless velar plosive.
  • (label) Boltzmann's constant
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