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Klabautermann A Klabautermann is a water sprite (or nix) who assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties. He is a merry and diligent creature, with an expert understanding of most watercraft, and an unsupressable musical talent.
Klackers Klackers, also known as Klick-Klacks, Whackers, Ker-Knockers, Whack'os, Bangers, Poppers, Knockers, Bonkers, Clackers, Clack Clacks, Crackers, K-Nokkers, Knockers, Mini Poppers, Popper Knockers, Rockers, Super Clackers, Quick Klacks, Quick Clacks, Quick Wacks, Wackers, Whak Kos, Zonkers was a children's toy. Its name refers to the fact that its point was to have the two balls of which the toy consisted of clicking against each other.
Klada Krokondilos ("crocodile") Kladas was part of the Kladas clan of Mani. When the Ottomans conquered all of Greece except for Mani, the Kladas clan surrendered to them and were given castles and land in Vardounia.
Kladruber The Kladruber is the oldest czech horse breed, bred in Kladruby nad Labem national stud, and although it is approching 400 years old, it is remarkably rare (90 mares as of 1995). Kladruby stud was founded in 1579 by Rudolf II as an Imperial stud, at the Perlstein stables.
Kladruby Kladruby is the name of several locations in the Czech Republic, of which the only one of more than local importance is the town that grew around the former Abbey of Kladruby: Kladruby in Plzeň Region (Tachov District).
Klaes Karppinen Klaes or Klaus Karppinen (October 9 1907 Iisalmi - 1992), was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 4 x 10 km relay.
KlaipÄ—da Revolt The KlaipÄ—da Revolt took place during January 1923 in the Memel territory that had been detached from Germany after World War I. The status of the region as a mandated territory under temporary French administration was resolved after the event when it became part of Lithuania as KlaipÄ—da region.
Klallam Klallam (also Clallam, although this spelling is disliked by the Klallam community) refers to four distinct but otherwise related indigenous Native American/First Nations peoples from the Pacific Northwest of North America. Three Klallam bands live on the Olympic Peninsula in the far northwest corner (bordering the Strait of Juan de Fuca) of Washington state, and one is based at Becher Bay on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex The Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service located in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California near Klamath Falls, Oregon. It consists of Bear Valley,
Klamath Mountains The Klamath Mountains are a mountain range in northwest California and southwest Oregon, the highest peaks being Mount Eddy (9002 ft / 2744 m) in Siskiyou County, California, and Mount Ashland (7,533 ft / 2296 m) in Jackson County, Oregon. They have a varied geology, with substantial areas of serpentine and marble, and a climate characterised by cold winters with very heavy snowfall, and warm summers with limited rainfall.
Klamath National Forest Klamath National Forest is a 1,726,000 acre (6985 km²) national forest in northern California, with a tiny extension into Oregon. The forest contains continuous stands of ponderosa pine, Jeffrey pine, Douglas fir, red fir, white fir and incense cedar.
Klamath River The Klamath River, approximately 250 mi (400 km) long, is a major river of the Pacific coast in southern Oregon and northern California in the United States. It drains an arid farming valley in its upper reaches, passing swiftly through the mountains in its lower reaches before emptying into the ocean.
Klamath Tribes The Klamath Tribes, formerly the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon, are a federally recognized confederation of three Native American tribes who traditionally inhabited Southern Oregon and Northern California in the United States: the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin. The tribal government is based in Chiloquin, Oregon.
Klamath-Siskiyou forests The Klamath-Siskiyou forests are a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. The ecoregion extends across 50,300 square kilometers (19,400 square miles) of the mountainous region known as the Klamath Knot.
Klanbake The Klanbake convention is a designation given to the 1924 Democratic National Convention held in New York City. The term, a play on clambake, comes from the heavy participation of members of the Ku Klux Klan within the Democratic Party at that convention.
Klang Box Klang Box was a special edition box set compilation of music by Kraftwerk, issued in the UK in May 1997 as a promotional item ahead of Kraftwerk's 24th May appearance at the Tribal Gathering Festival, held at Luton Hoo, England.
Klang Gates Dam Klang Gates Dam, located in Taman Melawati, is the first reservoir in Malaysia and also one of the major suppliers of drinking water to residents of Klang Valley, where the national capital, Kuala Lumpur is located. It was opened in 1958.
Klang Parade Klang Parade is one of the major shopping complexes in Klang with Parkson Grand departmental store and Giant Hypermarket as its anchor tenants. Popularly known as KP, the shopping mall is strategically located in the heart of a vast residential area of Klang as well as an industrial zone of Meru.
Klang River Klang River is a river which flows through Kuala Lumpur and Selangor in Malaysia and eventually flows into the Straits of Malacca. It is approximately 120 km in length and drains a basin of about 1288 square kilometres.
Klang Valley Klang Valley (Malay: Lembah Klang) is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs and adjoining cities in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur, though neither of these terms is used locally.
Klang War The Klang War or Selangor Civil War took place in the Malay state of Selangor and was fought between Raja Abdullah bin Raja Jaafar, the administrator of Klang and Raja Mahdi bin Raja Sulaiman from 1867 to 1874. Raja Abdullah the head of Hulu Klang, appointed by Sultan Muhammad Shah of Selangor between 1849 and 1850.
Klangfarbenmelodie Klangfarbenmelodie (German for tone-color-melody) is a musical technique that involves breaking up a musical line or melody out from one instrument to between several instruments. It adds greater color and texture to a melodic line, instead of just one timbre in playing the line.
Klanje ljudi Klanje ljudi is a Croatian heavy metal band featuring Siniša Vuco as "Admiral Koljač" . The band's name translates as "butchering people", and Vuco's stage name translates as "Admiral Butcher".
Klank Klank was an industrial metal band created by guitarist Daren "Klank" Diolosa, who started it after the end of the 1990s cult band Circle of Dust, in which he was the lead guitarist. They have published two albums, Still Suffering and Numb, and have made the Top 40 CMJ charts with the hit single Blind.
Klanxbüll Klanxbüll (Danish Klangsbøl, Frisian Klångsbel) is on the mainland in the northwest corner of Schleswig-Holstein, in Kreis Nordfriesland, a village with 1,000 inhabitants. The municipality belongs to the Amt Wiedingharde.
Klaptrap Klaptraps are a species of fictitious crocodilian from Nintendo's Donkey Kong series of video games. Klaptraps are affiliated with the Kremling Krew, but unlike most other Kremlings, which are anthropomorphic, Klaptraps are more low-slung, and resemble real-life alligators, albeit brightly coloured ones with large heads.
Klara blocks The Klara blocks (sv: Klarakvarteren) or Klara is a part of lower Norrmalm in the central part of Stockholm. Today the name Klara is rarely used in daily speech and the name has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.
Klarälven River Klarälven (literally "Clear river" in Swedish) is the longest river of Sweden. Before entering Värmland, it emanates from Lake Rogen, Härjedalen, Sweden and through Femunden, Norway and becomes Femundelva and then Trysilelva (before the nationalistic movement in the 19th century the river was called Klara even in Norway; today it is called Trysilelva in the municipal of Trysil and Femundelva in the municipal of Engerdal reflecting strong local patriotism in Norway).
Klas Ingesson Klas Ingesson (born August 20, 1968 in Ödeshög) is a former Swedish footballer. As a member of the national team he played in 57 games, including 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1992 European Championship.
Klas Pontus Arnoldson Klas Pontus Arnoldson (October 27, 1844 – February 20, 1916) was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908. He was a founding member and the first chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.
Klasik The classical music of Afghanistan is called klasik, which includes both instrumental (ragas, naghmehs) and vocal forms (ghazals) . Many ustad, or professional musicians, are descended from Indian artists who emigrated to the royal court in Kabul in the 1860s upon the invitation of Amir Sher Ali Khan .
Klasik Nasional FM Klasik Nasional FM (formerly known as Nasional FM and before that as Radio 1 and Radio Malaysia Saluran 1 (Radio Malaysia Channel 1)) is a national radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia broadcasting in Malay. The main motto is Segalanya Di Sini, Menggamit Memori (Memories are Made Here).
Klaskanine River The Klaskanine River is a tributary of the Youngs River, approximately 16 mi (26 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a small section of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state in the watershed of the nearby Columbia River.
Klasklin Young Composer award The Klasklin Young Composer award was first introduced by Russian composer Derick Klasklin in 1985 as part of a Russian boost programme to increase interest in classical music among youth. It became a huge success and become a national competition.
Klassekampen Klassekampen (Norwegian for The Class Struggle), is a Norwegian daily newspaper, which styles itself as "the daily newspaper of the left" (Venstresidas dagsavis). It has a circulation of about 44,000 as of October 2005.
Klatskin tumor A Klatskin tumor is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. Because of their location these tumours present late and therefore are usually not resectable at the time of presentation.
Klaus Alinen Klaus Alinen (born February 22,1981 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish National Football League who also played tight end for the Atlanta Falcons. After one year in practice squad he received a contract and played through most of the 06-07 pre-season.
Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon (October 25, 1913 – September 25, 1991) was a German war criminal. He held the rank of Hauptsturmführer (captain) in the German SS and the Gestapo (secret police) during the Nazi regime.
Klaus Berger Klaus Berger (born November 25, 1940 in Hildesheim) is a German theologian known for his study and writings concerning the New Testament. He has been quoted in several Catholic news sources leading to the notion he was Catholic or somehow "both Catholic and Protestant.
Klaus Berntsen Klaus Berntsen (12 June 1844 – 27 March 1927) was a Danish politician, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Council President of Denmark from 5 July 1910 to 21 June 1913 as the leader of the Cabinet of Klaus Berntsen.
Klaus Dibiasi Klaus Dibiasi (born October 6, 1947 in Solbad Hall) is a former diver from Italy, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1964. He dominated the platform event from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, winning a total number of three Olympic gold medals.
Klaus Ernst Klaus Ernst (born November 1, 1954 in Munich) is a left-wing German politician and a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party. The certified political economist has served as a member of the Labour and Social Justice Party in the Bundestag since 2005.
Klaus Flouride Geoffrey Lyall (born in 1949 in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Klaus Flouride, is best known as the bassist for the San Francisco, California, punk rock band Dead Kennedys from the group's inception in June 1978 until the band's breakup in March 1986, although he also produced four solo albums during the 1980s and 1990s.
Klaus Fuchs Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (December 29, 1911 – January 28, 1988) was a German-born theoretical physicist and atomic spy who was convicted of surreptitiously supplying information on the British and American atomic bomb research to the USSR during, and shortly after, World War II. Fuchs was an extremely competent scientist, being responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first fission weapons and early models of the hydrogen bomb while a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Klaus Hasselmann Klaus Hasselmann (25 October 1931 - ) is a leading climate modeller. He is probably best known for developing the Hasselmann model of climate variability, where a system with a long memory (the ocean) integrates stochastic forcing, theyby transforming a white-noise signal into a red-noise one, thus explaining (without special assumptions) the ubiquitous red-noise signals seen in the climate.
Klaus Huber Klaus Huber (born November 30, 1924 in Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss composer. One of the leading figures of his generation in Europe, Huber has written extensively for chamber ensembles, choirs, soloists and the orchestra as well as the theater.
Klaus Keil Klaus Keil is a professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the former Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology.
Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991) was a German actor, famous for his ability to project on-screen intensity, and for his explosive temperament. Although he acted in over 180 films, his international reputation is built on five collaborations with German director Werner Herzog, including the films Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), and Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Klaus Klostermaier Klaus Klostermaier (born 1933 in Munich, Germany) is a researcher on Hinduism and Indian history and culture. He obtained a PhD in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1961, and another in "Ancient Indian History and Culture" from the University of Bombay in 1969.
Klaus Naumann Klaus Naumann (born May 25 1939 in Munich) is a German general, who was General Inspector of the German military from 1991 to 1996 and Chair of the Military Committee of the NATO from 1996 to 1999, succeeding the British general Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill. He testified against Slobodan Milošević in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Klaus Ofner Klaus Ofner (born June 15, 1966) in Murau, Steiermark) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980's and early 1990's. He won a bronze medal in the nordic combined 3 x 10 km team event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Klaus Pettersen Klaus Pettersen (born April 25, 1981) is a Norwegian former footballer, who had to give up his playing career because of heart problems. Pettersen is now working as part of the Groruddalen ballklubb team, where his job is developing young talents.
Klaus Scholder Klaus Scholder (January 12, 1930 - April 10, 1985) was a German ecclesiastical historian, professor of history at the Eberhard Karls University of TĂĽbingen university. He is known for his book Die Kirchen und das Dritte Reich (The Churches and the Third Reich), of which he completed two volumes before his death.
Klaus Sutner Klaus Sutner is a professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include cellular automata, discrete mathematics as pertains to computation, and computational complexity theory.
Klaus Töpfer Klaus Töpfer (born 29 July 1938 in Waldenburg (Wałbrzych), Poland (then German Silesia)) is a German politician (CDU) and environmental politics expert. From 1998 to 2006 he was executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP).
Klaus von Pape Klaus Von Pape ( August 16, 1904 - November 9, 1923) was a businessman and an early member of the Nazi Party who had participated in Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch and was one of the sixteen Nazis to have been killed. Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf to him as a fallen martyr.
Klaus Woerner Klaus Woerner (1939 - 2005) was the founder and CEO of ATS Automation Tooling Systems. Its main headquarters is located in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and it is one of the world's foremost companies dealing with automated manufacturing equipment.
Klaus Wowereit Klaus Wowereit (born October 1, 1953 in Berlin) is a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and has been the mayor of Berlin since the 2001 state elections. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected comfortably in the 2006 elections.
Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (born January 16, 1955 in Nauen, Brandenburg) was a East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metre relay, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer and Alexander Thieme.
Klaus-Peter Sabotta Klaus-Peter Sabotta was an extortionist who sabotaged German railways in December 1998, only six months after the Eschede disaster. He claimed to represent former employees of the German railway operator Deutsche Bahn who had been made redundant, and demanded a ransom of DM10 million.
Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty) This article below discusses the Klausenburger Hasidim, specifically the Sanz-Klausenburger dynasty that began with Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam and presently the two movements in Israel and America. For information on the original Sanz dynasty founded by Rabbi Chaim of Sanz please see the article Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)
Klavdija Bojarskikh Klavdija Sergeevna Bojarskikh () (born November 11 1939 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a former female Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1960's. She trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society.
KlavierbĂĽchlein fĂĽr Wilhelm Friedemann Bach KlavierbĂĽchlein fĂĽr Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Bach's original spelling: Clavier-BĂĽchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) is a collection of keyboard music compiled by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. It is frequently referred to simply as KlavierbĂĽchlein fĂĽr Wilhelm Friedemann.
Klazomenai Clazomenae (Greek: Κλαζομεναί, Klazomenai, modern-day Kilizman in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city of Ionia and a member of the Ionian Dodecapolis (Confederation of Twelve Cities), it was one of the first cities to issue silver coinage.
Kléber Boas Kléber Joao Boas Pereira (born August 13, 1975) in Peri Mirim, Brazil) is a Brazilian soccer player who currently plays for Necaxa in the Mexican First Division. A tall and gangly player with a good heading ability, Boas plays at the striker position.
Klöße Klöße (German cuisine; singular: Kloß) are dumplings made from grated raw and/or mashed potatoes (called Kartoffelknödel) or dried bread with milk and egg yolks (called Semmelknödel). They are cooked like pasta.
Klöckner Stadium Klöckner Stadium is home to four national powerhouse programs — Virginia men's and women's soccer in the fall and men's and women's lacrosse teams in the spring. The stadium was built in 1992 at a cost of $3.
Kldekari (duchy) Kldekari (Georgian: კლდეკარი) was a duchy (saeristavo) in the medieval Georgia. Ruled by a powerful dynasty of Baghvashi, the duchy existed from 876 to 1103 in the southern Kvemo Kartli province, and, despite its small size, created particular problems to the Bagrationi kings who sought to bring all Georgian lands into a single state.
Kleanthis Maropoulos Kleanthis Maropoulos (Greek: Κλεάνθης Μαρόπουλος) (1919 - 1991) was a star football player for AEK Athens FC and Greece during the 1930s and 1940s. Arguably the best football player of his period, he was affectionately known as the "Blonde Eagle of AEK".
KlearGear KlearGear is a cataloger and online retailer formed in 2001 that carries computer components, gadgets, geek toys, and techie shirts. The online store allows visitors to rewrite product descriptions or contribute new ones, make their own products, and receive convenient emailed alerts when out of stock merchandise is restocked.
Klebs Junior Klebs Junior is an illustrator and comic book artist, Klebs has a degree in Visual Communication by the Belas Artes College of Sao Paulo. Has worked on the most important newspapers and magazines from Brazil such as ESTADO DE S.
Klebsiella oxytoca Klebsiella oxytoca is a gram-negative bacillus that is closely related to K. pneumoniae, from which it is distinguished by being indole-postive; it also has slightly different growth characteristics in that it is able to grow on melezitose, but not 3-hydroxybutyrate.
Kleeer Kleeer was a New York based funk and disco band which was formed 1972 under the name the Jam Band, as a backup group to different disco bands and vocalists. The group consisted of Woody Cunningham, vocalist/percussionist Paul Crutchfield, guitarist Richard Lee, and bassist Norman Durham.
Kleene star In mathematical logic and computer science, the Kleene star (or Kleene closure) is a unary operation, either on sets of strings or on sets of symbols or characters. The application of the Kleene star to a set V is written as V*.
Kleene's recursion theorem In computability theory, Kleene's recursion theorems are a pair of fundamental results about the application of computable functions to their own descriptions. The theorems were first proved by Stephen Kleene in 1938.
Kleenex Kleenex is a brand name of facial tissue and a registered trademark of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Because of the success of this brand, it has become a genericized trademark in American English also in Quebec French and many people in North America today refer to any facial tissue as a "kleenex".
Kleeneze Kleeneze Homecare is a multi-level marketing company, and was started in 1923, in Bristol, England. The founder, Harry Crook, had emigrated to America with his family several years earlier and while there joined Fuller Brush as a sales representative.
Kleercut Kleercut is the name of an active campaign conducted by Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and others towards the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Kimberly-Clark is the world’s largest manufacturer of tissue products, most notably the Kleenex brand.
Klehini Falls The Klehini Falls are a series of four cataracts in northwestern British Columbia occurring in a narrow gorge near the headwaters of the Klehini River. The falls are separated from one another by a distance of approximately 300 feet, with an average plunge of 30-40 feet.
Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden (63 ha / 155 acres) is a nonprofit arboretum and botanical garden located at 2701 Clifton Avenue, Rockford, Illinois. It is open daily except for major holidays; an admission fee is charged.
Kleiber's law Kleiber's law, named after Max Kleiber's biological work in the early 1930s, is the observation that, for the vast majority of animals, an animal's metabolic rate scales to the 3/4 power of the animal's mass. Thus a cat, having a mass 100 times that of a mouse, will have a metabolism roughly 31 times greater than that of a mouse.
Kleihauer-Betke test The Kleihauer-Betke ("KB") test, Kleihauer-Betke ("KB") stain or Kleihauer test, is a blood test used to measure the amount of fetal hemoglobin transferred from a fetus to an Rh-negative mother's bloodstream. The results of the test are used to determine the required dose of Rh immune globulin (RhIg) to inhibit formation of Rh antibodies in the mother and prevent Rh disease in future Rh-positive children.
Klein Bonaire Klein Bonaire (Dutch for "little Bonaire") is a small uninhabited islet off the west coast of the Caribbean island of Bonaire. The islet, which sits within the rough crescent formed by the main island, is 1,500 acres (600 hectares) and extremely flat, rising no more than two meters above the sea.
Klein four-group In mathematics, the Klein four-group (or just Klein group or Vierergruppe, often symbolized by the letter V) is the group Z2 × Z2, the direct product of two copies of the cyclic group of order 2 (or any isomorphic variant). It was named Vierergruppe by Felix Klein in his Vorlesungen über das Ikosaeder und die Auflösung der Gleichungen vom fünften Grade in 1884.
Klein geometry In mathematics, a Klein geometry is a type of geometry motivated by Felix Klein in his influential Erlangen program. More specifically, it is homogeneous space X together with a transitive action on X by a Lie group G, which acts as the symmetry group of the geometry.
Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for Little Karoo National Arts Festival and usually abbreviated to KKNK) is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival includes both the visual and the performing arts and is officially recognized by the South African government as a national arts festival.
Klein model In geometry, the Klein model, also called the projective model, the Beltrami-Klein model, the Klein-Beltrami model and the Cayley-Klein model, is a model of n-dimensional hyperbolic geometry in which the points of the geometry are in an n-dimensional disk, or ball, and the lines of the geometry are line segments contained in the disk; that is, with endpoints on the boundary of the disk. Along with the Poincaré half-plane model and the Poincaré disk model, it was proposed by Eugenio Beltrami who used these models to show hyperbolic geometry was equiconsistent with Euclidean geometry.
Klein Matterhorn The Klein Matterhorn (marketed as the "Matterhorn Glacier Paradise") is the highest point in the Zermatt-Cervinia ski area in Switzerland, and the end point of the highest cable car in Europe. The construction of this cable car started in August 1976 and was completed by December 1979.
Klein paradox Named after the Swedish scientist Oskar Klein, the Klein Paradox occurs in relativistic quantum mechanics if an electron is shot into a repulsive electrostatic barrier. As the incoming energy of the electron is less than that of the barrier, the electron should be reflected with 100% certainty.
Klein-Gordon equation The Klein-Gordon equation (Klein-Fock-Gordon equation or sometimes Klein-Gordon-Fock equation) is the relativistic version of the Schrödinger equation, which is used to describe spinless particles. It was named after Oskar Klein and Walter Gordon.
Klein-Nishina formula The Klein-Nishina formula provides an accurate prediction of the angular distribution of x-rays and gamma-rays which are incident upon a single electron. The Klein-Nishina formula describes incoherent or Compton scattering.
Klein, Texas Klein is an unincorporated community in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within north Harris County, Texas, bordering on Houston to the South and Tomball to the North. It is named after Adam Klein, a German immigrant whose best-known great-great-grandson is singer Lyle Lovett.
Kleinburg, Ontario Kleinburg is a small unincorporated village located in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, a major art gallery, and the Kortright Centre, a conservation area.
Kleindeutsch The Kleindeutsch(e) Lösung (the small German solution) was an idea for the formation of a German state from the member states of the Deutscher Bund under the leadership of Prussia, excluding Austria from a unified Germany. This idea was already discussed during the revolution of 1848 and also held by such high officials as Otto von Bismarck.
Kleindeutsche Lösung The Kleindeutsche Lösung ("Lesser German Solution") was a 19th century political idea postulating the idea of a unified Germany led by Hohenzollern Prussia, excluding the Austrian Empire which was united with Hungary and not willing to separate. The inclusion of Hungary would have contradicted the idea of a national state.
Kleine Freiheit Kleine Freiheit (international title: A Little Bit of Freedom) is a 2003 film by Kurdish director YĂĽksel Yavuz about the friendship (and later relationship) between two teenage boys who are illegal immigrants in Germany.
Kleinhans Music Hall Kleinhans Music Hall, home of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, was founded by Edward Kleinhans and endowed in the name of his wife, Mary Seaton Kleinhans, and his mother, Mary Livingston Kleinhans. The building was designed by Eero Saarinen with his father, Eliel Saarinen, in the International Style.
Kleinian model In mathematics, a Kleinian model is a model of a three-dimensional hyperbolic manifold N by the quotient space mathbb{H}^3 / Gamma where Γ is a discrete subgroup of PSL(2,C). Here, the subgroup Γ, a Kleinian group, is defined so that it is isomorphic to the fundamental group pi_1(N) of the surface N.
Kleinschmalkalden Kleinschmalkalden is a small village in the Thuringian Forest of Germany, situated high in the valley of the Schmalkalden river. The stream which passes through the heart of the village was, for several hundred years, until the end of the Second World War, also a political boundary creating two distinct villages separated by only a few metres of water.
Kleinstaaterei is a German word, mainly used for the political situation in Germany and neighbouring regions during the Holy Roman Empire. It refers to the large number of small states and city-states, some of which were little larger than a single town; see List of participants in the Reichstag of 1792 for a list as of that year.

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