kirchhoff
- n German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887)
kirchhoff's laws
- n (physics) two laws governing electric networks in which steady currents flow: the sum of all the currents at a point is zero and the sum of the voltage gains and drops around any closed circuit is zero
kirghiz
- n a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- n the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
kirghizia
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kirghizstan
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kirgiz
- n a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- n the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
kirgizia
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kirgizstan
- n a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
kiribati
- n an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
kirkia wilmsii
- n small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs