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Ket

Ket

(kĕt)
,
Noun.
[Icel.
kjöt
flesh; akin to Sw.
kött
, Dan.
kjöd
.]
Carrion; any filth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Definition 2024


Ket

Ket

See also: ket, két, kết, and -ket

English

Noun

Ket (plural Kets or Ket)

  1. A member of a people of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Central Siberia, Russia.

Proper noun

Ket

  1. The Yeniseian language of this people.

Translations

ket

ket

See also: Ket, két, kết, and -ket

English

Noun

ket (plural kets)

  1. (physics) A vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate of a bra; a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.
    A particular ket, say , might be represented by a particular column vector. Its corresponding bra, , would then be represented by the row vector which is the transpose conjugate of that column vector.

Etymology 2

Compare Icelandic kjöt (flesh); akin to Swedish kött and Danish kjöd. The use of the term ket for "candy" or "sweets" probably derived from its use to describe sweet meats or as a deterrent to children.

Noun

ket (plural kets)

  1. (Northern England) Carrion; any filth.
  2. (Northumbria) Sweetmeats.
  3. (Geordie) A sweet, treat or candy.

References

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

ket (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) ketamine

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ked/ before a vowel.
  • IPA(key): /ke/ before a consonant.

Adverb

ket

  1. not
    N'ouzon ket petra eo. — I don't know what it is.

Usage notes

Together with ne: ne ... ket. This is the same structure as French ne ... pas.


Dutch

Noun

ket m (plural ketten, diminutive ketje n)

  1. (Belgium, dialect) a kid
  2. (Belgium, dialect) a young guy

Derived terms

  • Ketnet

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cʰɛːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːt

Noun

ket n (genitive singular kets, no plural)

  1. (regional, dated) meat

Declension


Lojban

Rafsi

ket

  1. rafsi of ketco.