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kappa
1. The tenth letter in the Greek alphabet (Κ, κ), represented in the English alphabet as "k".
2. In chemistry, it denotes the position of a substituent located on the tenth atom from the carboxyl or other functional group.
3. A measure of the degree of nonrandom agreement between observers or measurements of the same categorical variable.
2. In chemistry, it denotes the position of a substituent located on the tenth atom from the carboxyl or other functional group.
3. A measure of the degree of nonrandom agreement between observers or measurements of the same categorical variable.
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kappa chain
1. One of the two forms of smaller polypeptide chains (known as light chains) that occur in immunoglobulins.
2. A type of light polypeptide chain of immunoglobulin molecules.
2. A type of light polypeptide chain of immunoglobulin molecules.
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kappa curve
In mathematics, a plane, kappa-shaped curve, symmetrical with respect to the co-ordinate axes and the origin, and having two cusps at the origin.
The cusps refers to the points where two arcs or branches of a curve intersect and the two tangents to the curve coincide.
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kappa particle
An endosymbiotic bacterium found within the cytoplasm of certain strains of paramecium that produces a factor toxic to other paramecia lacking this bacteria.
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