K-factor
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K-factor or K factor may refer to:
- K-factor (actuarial)K-factor (actuarial)In actuarial work relating to US GAAP accounting principles, the term K-factor refers to the ratio of deferrable expenses to the Estimated Gross Profits. It is an important measurement used to manage the deferrals allowed in insurance accounting....
- K-factor (aerospace)K-factor (aerospace)For aircraft fuel flow meters, K-factor refers to the number of pulses expected for every one gallon of fuel passing through the transducer at optimum cruise settings. It is expressed in thousands ....
- K-factor (centrifugation)K-factor (centrifugation)In centrifugation, the K-factor represents the clearing factor of a centrifuge rotor at maximum rotation speed. This factor can be used to determine the time required for pelleting a fraction with a known sedimentation coefficient...
- K-factor (fire protection)K-factor (fire protection)In fire protection engineering, the K-factor formula is used to calculate the discharge rate from a nozzle. Nozzles can be fire sprinklers or water mist nozzles, hose reel nozzles, water monitors and deluge fire system nozzles....
- k-factor (graph theory)
- K-factor (marketing)K-factor (marketing)In viral marketing or software application design the K-factor can be used to describe the growth rate of viral apps. This usage is borrowed from the medical field of epidemiology in which a virus having a k-factor of 1 is in a "steady" state of neither growth or decline, while a k-factor greater...
- K factor crude oil refiningK factor crude oil refiningIn the oil and gas engineering industry, the K-factor formula is used to calculate pressure drop across fittings or a set of fittings in a piping system. K-factor, when multiplied by ρv2/2, gives pressure drop across the fittings. K-factor can also be used to find out the equivalent length of all...
- K-factor (sheet metal)
- K-factor (telecommunications)K-factor (telecommunications)In telecommunication, the term k-factor has the following meanings:# In tropospheric radio propagation, the ratio of the effective Earth radius to the actual Earth radius...
- Elo rating systemElo rating systemThe Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
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, a producer/remixer based in Washington, DC - The K FactorThe K FactorThe K-Factor: So You Think You Can Knit? is a fictional TV show ran by Harry Hill, as a segment of Harry Hill's TV Burp. The first episode was aired on 6 February 2010, with a preview of the show being airing on 30 January...
, a fictional TV show from British television show Harry Hill's TV Burp spoofing the X Factor - A K-factor is used to calculate when heating oilHeating oilHeating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO...
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