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Knockout
A knockout (KO) is a fight-ending result in combat sports in which a contestant cannot continue after legal strikes, classically counted out by the referee for ten.
Knockout analysis
Knockout analysis is a molecular biology method in which a gene is deliberately disrupted or deleted so the resulting loss of function reveals the gene's normal role.
Knockout mouse
Knockout mouse: laboratory mouse with a gene inactivated via gene targeting or gene trapping in ES cells; 2007 Nobel to Capecchi, Evans, Smithies; KOMP/IMPC programs; CRISPR now a faster route.
Knockout reactions
A knockout reaction is a direct nuclear reaction in which a projectile such as a proton or electron ejects a nucleon from a nucleus, revealing how that particle was bound.
Knockout screening
Knockout screening is a functional genomics method that systematically disrupts genes one at a time, usually with pooled CRISPR-Cas9 libraries, to identify genes affecting a phenotype of interest.
Knödel
Knödel are boiled or steamed dumplings of Alpine cuisine, called Klöße in northern Germany, made from potato, bread, flour, semolina or meat, with Neolithic Mondsee evidence and a 13th-century Hocheppan fresco.
Knoevenagel condensation
The Knoevenagel condensation is an organic reaction in which an active methylene compound condenses with an aldehyde or ketone to form a carbon–carbon double bond, typically an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl.
Knoevenagel reaction
The Knoevenagel reaction is an organic condensation in which an activated methylene compound adds to an aldehyde or ketone and loses water to give an electron-poor alkene.
Knokke Off
Knokke Off (High Tides) is a Flemish-Dutch teen drama set in Knokke, Belgium, created by Anthony Van Biervliet, starring Pommelien Thijs, Willem De Schryver, and Eliyha Altena. Three seasons (2023-2026), a Netflix global top-5 hit, followed by a 2027 film.
Knoll
Knoll is an American furniture company founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll, known for modernist designs and pioneering professional interior design through its Knoll Planning Unit.
Knome
Knome was a genomics company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, co-founded in 2007 by Harvard geneticist George Church, which sold whole-genome sequencing and interpretation to consumers for $350,000.
Knook Castle hill fort
Knook Castle is an Iron Age hillslope hill fort on Knook Down, Wiltshire, enclosing 1.75 ha within bank, ditch and counterscarp, scheduled in 1981 with two Romano-British settlements, field systems, a trackway and a bowl barrow.
Knoops Chocolate
Knoops Chocolate, also known as Knoops, is a British premium hot chocolate chain founded by Jens Knoop in Rye, East Sussex, in 2013, with over 20 percentage chocolates on its menu.
Knorr-Bremse
Knorr-Bremse AG is a Munich-based German industrial group, founded in 1905, that leads the world market in rail brakes and supplies braking systems for trucks and buses.
Knorri
Knorri, also Hörri, is an old Finnish beating card game for 3-8 players with a 52-card pack: diamonds trump, clubs are hard, players collect cards in phase 1 then shed them in phase 2; last player holding cards loses.
Knossos
Knossos (Κνωσός), on Crete's north coast, is the largest Minoan palace site, excavated by Evans from 1900, source of Minoan chronology, famed for drainage, frescoes, and debated concrete reconstructions.
Knot
The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, or about 1.15 mph, named for the knotted rope of the old chip log.
Knot (unit)
The knot, historically called the Admiralty Knot, is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, about 1.15 mph, used worldwide in maritime and air navigation.
KNOT Offshore Partners LP
KNOT Offshore Partners LP, a Marshall Islands limited partnership formed in 2013 and listed on the NYSE as KNOP, owns 19 shuttle tankers on long-term charters, headquartered in Aberdeen.
Knot theory
Knot theory, also called the theory of knots, is the branch of mathematics studying closed loops in 3-dimensional space, asking when two knots are equivalent without cutting.
Knotel
Knotel was a New York-based flexible workspace company founded in 2015 by Amol Sarva and Edward Shenderovich, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2021 and was acquired by Newmark.
Knots Landing
Knots Landing, also known as Knots, is a CBS prime-time soap opera (1979-1993), a Dallas spin-off created by David Jacobs about families on a California cul-de-sac, running 14 seasons and 344 episodes.
Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, owned by Six Flags, that grew out of Walter and Cordelia Knott's berry farm and chicken dinner restaurant.
Know Good
Know Good is an American electronic music duo formed in 2020 by cousins Tanner and Sylas Morgan, based in Houston, Texas, blending bass music with pop, rock, and rap.
Know Nothing
Know Nothing (American Party, officially National American Party): secretive nativist, anti-Catholic US movement of the 1840s-1850s; peaked in the 1854 midterms, ran Fillmore in 1856, then collapsed over slavery.
Know thyself (γνῶθι σαυτόν)
Know thyself (Greek γνῶθι σαυτόν / σεαυτόν, gnōthi sauton or seauton) is the famous Delphic maxim inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi with 'Nothing in excess' and 'A pledge brings trouble', usually attributed to Chilon of Sparta or the Seven Sages and central to Socratic self-knowledge.
Know your customer
Know your customer (KYC) is the identity-verification and risk-assessment process, part of customer due diligence, that financial institutions use to identify customers, verify beneficial owners (typically at a 25 percent ownership threshold), and apply risk-based anti-money laundering controls.
KNOW-CKD study
KNOW-CKD (KoreaN Cohort Study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease) is South Korea's nationwide prospective chronic kidney disease cohort, begun in 2011 under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency; Phase I enrolled 2,238 adults at nine tertiary hospitals.
Know-It-All (album)
Know-It-All is the 2015 debut album by Canadian singer Alessia Cara, released November 13 on Def Jam; 10 tracks, 35 minutes, includes the Four Pink Walls EP, peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200, Metascore 70, RIAA 2x platinum.
KnowBe4, Inc.
KnowBe4, Inc., originally SEQRIT, LLC, is a Clearwater, Florida security awareness training company selling simulated phishing software, founded by Stu Sjouwerman in 2010 and taken private by Vista Equity Partners in 2023 for about $4.6 billion.