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ket

noun
/kɛt/

Etymology

Probably of Old Norse origin like kjǫt (“meat”), from Proto-Germanic *ketwą. Compare Icelandic kjöt (“flesh”); akin to Swedish kött, Danish kød, and Norwegian kjøtt. 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.

  1. derived from *kitte✻
  2. derived from *kitte✻
  3. borrowed from Ket

Definitions

  1. A column vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum…

    A column vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate transpose of a bra (a row vector); a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.

    • A particular ket, say #124;A#92;rangle, might be represented by a particular column vector. Its corresponding bra, #92;langleA#124;, would then be represented by the row vector which is the transpose conjugate of that column vector.

  2. Carrion

    Carrion; any filth.

  3. Sweetmeats.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A sweet, treat or candy.

    2. ketamine

    3. matted wool

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

    5. A river in Russia, a tributary of the Ob.

    6. The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

    7. A native or inhabitant of Brussels.

    8. The station code of Kennedy Town in Hong Kong.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ket. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA