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- .ki.ki.ki is the Internet country code top-level domain for Kiribati.From the early 1990s to the early 2000s the domain was managed on behalf of the Republic of Kiribati by an Australian ISP, Connect.com.au with the Forum Fisheries Agency, based in Honiara, Solomon Islands as original sponsor, then...
, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code top level domain for Kiribati - Ki., an abbreviation for the Book of KingsBooks of KingsThe Book of Kings presents a narrative history of ancient Israel and Judah from the death of David to the release of his successor Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon, a period of some 400 years...
in Judaeo-Christian religious texts - Ki (goddess)Ki (goddess)Cuneiform KI is the sign for "earth". It is also read as GI5, GUNNI "hearth", KARAŠ "encampment, army", KISLAḪ "threshing floor" or steath, and SUR7...
- Ki (kana)Ki (kana)き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent and are derived from a simplification of the 幾 kanji...
, a Japanese syllabic character - KiQi (surname)Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, which including 齐 Qǐ, 戚 Qī, 祁 Qí, 亓 Qí, 乞 Qí, 奇 Qí, 旗 Qí, etc.Qi reading alike Chi in modern china-奇:奇 : Qi or Ji or Ci in mandarin, Kei in Cantonese, Ki or Yi in korean...
, common of Qi (surname)Qi (surname)Qi is the romanization of several Chinese family names, which including 齐 Qǐ, 戚 Qī, 祁 Qí, 亓 Qí, 乞 Qí, 奇 Qí, 旗 Qí, etc.Qi reading alike Chi in modern china-奇:奇 : Qi or Ji or Ci in mandarin, Kei in Cantonese, Ki or Yi in korean...
奇, 祁, 齐, 亓 - KiJi (surname)姬=Ji is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty , which followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.Thirty-nine members of the family ruled over China during this period.Ji has...
, common of Ji (surname)Ji (surname)姬=Ji is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty , which followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.Thirty-nine members of the family ruled over China during this period.Ji has...
己 from Chu (state)Chu (state)The State of Chu was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the surname Nai , and clan name Yan , later evolved to surname Mi , and clan name Xiong... - Ki (Korean name)Ki (Korean name)Ki, also spelled as Kee or Gi is a Korean family name. According to the 2000 census, there were 26,679 people by this surname in South Korea.* Qi Empress , the last empress of the Mongol Empire...
, a Korean family name - Kī, a.k.a. Ti (plant)Ti (plant)Cordyline fruticosa is an evergreen flowering plant in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, known by a wide variety of common names including Cabbage Palm, Good Luck Plant, Palm Lily, Ti Plant, Kī, La'i , Tī Pore , Sī , "Lauti" , and Autī .Formerly treated in the families Agavaceae...
- Ki, International Electrotechnical Commission standard symbol for number 1024
- Ki (album)Ki (album)Ki is the eleventh studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, and the first of four albums in The Devin Townsend Project series. The album was released in May 2009 on his independent record label HevyDevy Records....
, 2009, by Devin Townsend - Ki in chemical reactions:
- the Dissociation constantDissociation constantIn chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate reversibly into smaller components, as when a complex falls apart into its component molecules, or when a salt splits up into...
applicable to process abbreviated as "i" - the measure of bond-tightness between an enzymeEnzymeEnzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
and a corresponding enzyme inhibitorEnzyme inhibitorAn enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to enzymes and decreases their activity. Since blocking an enzyme's activity can kill a pathogen or correct a metabolic imbalance, many drugs are enzyme inhibitors. They are also used as herbicides and pesticides...
- the Dissociation constant
- ki, the Gikuyu languageGikuyu languageGikuyu or Kikuyu is a language of the Bantu family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million , they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Gikuyu is spoken in the area between Nyeri and Nairobi. Gikuyu is one of the five languages of the Thagichu subgroup of the...
- ki, a slang term for a kilogram of cocaineCocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
- Ki, a Japanese equivalent of the Chinese QiQiIn traditional Chinese culture, qì is an active principle forming part of any living thing. Qi is frequently translated as life energy, lifeforce, or energy flow. Qi is the central underlying principle in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts...
(internal energy)
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- Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
- Communist Initiative, Marxist-Leninist organisation in Austria
- KI, potassium iodidePotassium iodidePotassium iodide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KI. This white salt is the most commercially significant iodide compound, with approximately 37,000 tons produced in 1985. It is less hygroscopic than sodium iodide, making it easier to work with...
- KI, airline Adam AirAdam AirAdam Air was a privately owned airline based in West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore...
- KI, nation KiribatiKiribatiKiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...
- Gene knockinGene knockinIn molecular cloning and biology, a Knock-in refers to a genetic engineering method that involves the insertion of a protein coding cDNA sequence at a particular locus in an organism's chromosome. Typically, this is done in mice since the technology for this process is more refined, and because...
or Knock-in, genetic engineering method - KI (Soviet intelligence service), integrated Soviet foreign intelligence service in 1946-48
- KÍ KlaksvíkKÍ KlaksvíkKÍ Klaksvík is a Faroese football club, playing in Klaksvík, founded in 1904. The club plays in blue and white. Their stadium has a capacity of 3000....
, football club - Kangaroo IslandKangaroo IslandKangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
, Australia - Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska InstitutetKarolinska institutet is a medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area, Sweden, and one of Europe's largest medical universities...
, Swedish university - King's Indian, a common chess opening.
- Kings IslandKings IslandKings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the U.S...
, Ohio, United States amusement park owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company - Killer InstinctKiller InstinctKiller Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare and Midway. The game received a high profile launch...
, video game - Kid IcarusKid IcarusKid Icarus, known as in Japan, is an action platform video game for the Famicom Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America. The first entry in Nintendo's Kid Icarus series, it was published in Japan in December 1986, and in Europe and North America in...
, video game - Kambakkht Ishq, 2009 Hindi language film
- Kids IncorporatedKids IncorporatedKids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
, TV series - KI, a D'ni communication device used in the game Uru: Ages Beyond MystUru: Ages Beyond MystUru: Ages Beyond Myst is an adventure video game developed by Cyan Worlds and published by Ubisoft. Released in 2003, the title is the fourth game in the Myst canon. Departing from previous games of the franchise, Uru takes place in the modern era and allows players to customize their onscreen...
See also
- Ki MonasteryKi MonasteryKey Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India....
, in India - Ki DatabaseKi DatabaseThe Ki Database is a public domain database of published binding affinities of drugs and chemical compounds for receptors, neurotransmitter transporters, ion channels, and enzymes...
, biochemical information - QiQiIn traditional Chinese culture, qì is an active principle forming part of any living thing. Qi is frequently translated as life energy, lifeforce, or energy flow. Qi is the central underlying principle in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts...
or Ki, Japanese and McCune-Reischauer-type Korean transliteration of the Chinese metaphysical life-force concept Qi - KI, Knowledge integrationKnowledge integrationKnowledge integration is the process of synthesizing multiple knowledge models into a common model .Compared to information integration, which involves merging information having different schemas and representation models, knowledge integration focuses more on synthesizing the understanding of a...