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Kappa
Kappa
can stand for:
Κ or κ, the 10th letter of the
Greek alphabet
: see
Kappa (letter)
.
A type of mischievous water
imp
in
Japanese mythology
, also referred to in the
Harry Potter
novels: see
Kappa (mythical creature)
.
The
adiabatic index
of a gas in physics.
A work of literature by
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
(
March 1
,
1892
-
July 24
,
1927
).
A
trickster
in
Hawaiian mythology
: see Kappa (Hawaiian mythology) .
In traditional
Finnish
measures, a volume measure at market squares. Physically it is a wooden box open at one side, and is most frequently used to measure potatoes for customers.
An Italian fashion company: see
Kappa (company)
.
Kappa Publishing Group
, a US company which publishes adult puzzle books and magazines as well as children's magazines
A Japanese
sounding rocket
,
Kappa (rocket)
Cohen's kappa
coefficient, a measure of inter-observer agreement in statistical classification data.
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