Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down17
arrow-up1493arrow-down1imageScientists suck at naming and abbreviating stufflemmy.dbzer0.comAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoHey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.
minus-squareClasm@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agoK is also used for half of thermochem, too.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoIt’s also the abbreviation for the Kelvin temperature scale and the atomic symbol for potassium. I’m unaware of a K programming language.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYou know what they say, K for kthermokhem
Hey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.
K is also used for half of thermochem, too.
It’s also the abbreviation for the Kelvin temperature scale and the atomic symbol for potassium. I’m unaware of a K programming language.
You know what they say, K for kthermokhem