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Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud
A Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud, or fluctus in the WMO Cloud Atlas, is a short-lived formation of curling, wave-like clouds caused by wind shear, and a source of clear-air turbulence.
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability, also called the Kelvin–Helmholtz wave, is a fluid instability in which velocity shear between two layers overcomes stratification or magnetic tension and rolls up into vortices.
Kelvin–Voigt contact model
The Kelvin–Voigt contact model is a linear viscoelastic impact model representing contact force as a spring and damper in parallel; it remains a baseline despite known physical inconsistencies.
Kelvinator
Kelvinator was an American home appliance manufacturer founded in Detroit in 1916, named for Lord Kelvin and best known for pioneering the self-contained electric refrigerator.
Kem Cetinay
Kem Cetinay (Kemal Cetinay), English TV personality and barber from Romford, Essex, of Turkish Cypriot descent; won Love Island series 3 in 2017 with Amber Davies, then built careers in presenting, fashion, and Soccer Aid.
Kemal Bilbaşar
Kemal Bilbaşar (1910–1983) was a Turkish social realist novelist and teacher, best known for his novel Cemo, which won the Turkish Language Association's Novel Prize in 1967.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born 1948, Tunceli) led Turkey's CHP opposition 2010–2023, lost the 2023 presidential runoff to Erdoğan 48–52%, was replaced by Özgür Özel, and was reinstated by court order in May 2026.
Kemal Tahir
Kemal Tahir (İsmail Kemalettin Demir, 1910-1973) was a Turkish novelist of the Republican era, known for social and historical novels such as Devlet Ana and Esir Şehrin İnsanları.
Kemalism
Kemalism: founding ideology of the Republic of Turkey, named for Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; modernizing, Westernizing, secular, nationalist; state ideology until 1945; military-protected; challenged by AKP Islamism.
Kemalpashazade
Kemalpashazade, also known as Ibn Kemal, was an Ottoman jurist, historian, and sheyhulislam under three sultans, known for his anti-Safavid fatwa and his Ottoman history.
Kemaman Zoo & Recreation Park
Kemaman Zoo & Recreation Park (Taman Rekreasi dan Zoo Kemaman, TRZK), also Zoo Kemaman, is a Kemaman Municipal Council zoo in Kampung Ibok, Terengganu, opened 2009; the only zoo on Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast, 35 acres, 54 species, firefly tours.
Kemancı
Kemancı is an Istanbul rock bar and live-music venue, founded in 1986, best known on Sıraselviler Caddesi in Taksim as a fixture of Turkish rock.
Kemar Bailey Cole
Kemar Bailey-Cole, Jamaican sprinter (born 1992, Spanish Town), Racers Track Club; two-time Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist (London 2012, Rio 2016), 2013 world relay champion, and 2014 Commonwealth Games 100m winner; personal best 9.92 seconds.
Kemar Roofe
Kemar Roofe is a Jamaican professional footballer, born in Walsall, England, in 1993, best known for his spells at Leeds United and Rangers, where he won the 2020/21 Scottish Premiership.
Kemba Walker
Kemba Walker, American point guard born 1990 in the Bronx; UConn 2011 NCAA champion and MOP; 9th pick 2011; Charlotte Hornets all-time leading scorer (12,009 points), four-time All-Star; later Celtics, Knicks, Mavericks, Monaco; retired 2024.
Kemei Diagnostic (科美诊断)
Kemei Diagnostic (科美诊断), also known as Chemclin Diagnostics, is a Beijing-based in vitro diagnostics company specializing in chemiluminescence immunoassay, founded in 1999 and listed on Shanghai's STAR Market since 2021.
Kemei Diagnostics (Beijing Kemei Biotechnology)
Kemei Diagnostics, also known as Chemclin Diagnostics, is a Chinese in vitro diagnostics company in Beijing, founded in 1999, that makes chemiluminescence immunoassay reagents and analyzers.
Kemei Diagnostics (科美诊断)
Kemei Diagnostics, also known as Chemclin Diagnostics Co., is a Chinese in vitro diagnostics company headquartered in Beijing that makes chemiluminescence immunoassay reagents and instruments, listed on the STAR Market since 2021.
Kemel
Kemel, a village in Heidenrod, Hesse, Germany, on the western Taunus; site of a Roman Limes fort (Kastell Kemel, about 0.7 ha, garrisoned by a numerus) and a World Heritage component, first recorded in 812.
Kemeny Commission
The Kemeny Commission, formally the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, investigated the 1979 nuclear accident and delivered 44 recommendations that reshaped US nuclear regulation.
Kemeny–Young method
Kemeny–Young method (Kemeny rule, median relation): a rank-aggregation voting method minimizing total Kendall-tau distance to voters' rankings; axiomatically unique neutral, consistent, Condorcet rule; NP-hard to compute.
Kemer bridge
Kemer bridge: a Roman segmental arch bridge over the Xanthos River near ancient Xanthos, Lycia, Turkey; surviving 29 m ramp with three arches, two with a one-meter rise; site at Atlıdere.
Kemerovo
Kemerovo (Кемерово), founded 1918 as Shcheglovsk and renamed 1932, is the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in western Siberia on the Tom River; population 542,928 (2025), capital of Russia's main coal region, distinct from the surrounding oblast.
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast (Кемеровская область), officially Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass, is a federal subject of Russia in southwestern Siberia, created in 1943 with its center at Kemerovo.
KEMET
KEMET is an American manufacturer of electronic components, best known for tantalum, ceramic, and film capacitors. Founded in 1919, it has been owned by Yageo Corporation since 2020.
Kemetism
Kemetism, also called Kemeticism or Kemetic Reconstructionism, is a modern reconstructionist revival of ancient Egyptian religion, organized since the 1970s and centered in North America and Europe.
Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch, born 1980 in London to Nigerian parents, is a British Conservative politician, MP for North West Essex since 2024, and party leader and Leader of the Opposition since 2 November 2024, defeating Robert Jenrick.
Keminub
Keminub was an ancient Egyptian queen with the title king's wife, buried at Dahshur near Amenemhat II's pyramid; her burial was plundered and no remains survive.
Kemmerer Power Station
Kemmerer Power Station is a nuclear plant under construction near Kemmerer, Wyoming, housing the first commercial Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor, a 345-MWe TerraPower design targeted for 2030.
Kemonā (ケモナー)
Kemonā (ケモナー), also romanized kemoner, is the Japanese term for fans of kemono, anthropomorphic animal characters rooted in Japanese manga and anime culture, distinct from the Western furry fandom; coined in the 1990s, with derived terms dorara and pokémona.