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Kronecker product
The Kronecker product, also called the tensor product of matrices, replaces each entry of a matrix A with A's entry times matrix B, yielding a block matrix.
Kronecker–Weber theorem
The Kronecker–Weber theorem, sometimes called the Kronecker–Weber–Hilbert theorem, states that every finite abelian extension of the rationals lies inside a cyclotomic field, an early result of class field theory proved by Hilbert in 1896.
Kronenbourg Brewery
Brasseries Kronenbourg, founded 1664 in Strasbourg by Jérôme IV Hatt as Brasserie du Canon, is France's leading brewer, Carlsberg's French subsidiary since 2008, brewing at Obernai, home of Kronenbourg and 1664 beers.
Kroner Lake
Kroner Lake is a small round lake west of Whalers Bay on Deception Island, Antarctica, named by whalers and turned into a lagoon by the 1969 eruption.
Kronin Labyrinthus
Kronin Labyrinthus is a labyrinth terrain on Saturn's moon Titan, an organic plateau cut by dense valleys in southern Xanadu, named by the IAU in 2017.
Kronk's New Groove
Kronk's New Groove (2005) is DisneyToon Studios' direct-to-video sequel to The Emperor's New Groove, released December 13, 2005, directed by Elliot M. Bour and Saul Andrew Blinkoff, starring Patrick Warburton as Kronk, with Eartha Kitt, David Spade, and John Goodman.
Kronoberg County
Kronoberg County (Kronobergs län), Swedish county in south-east Småland, seat Växjö, code 07. Eight municipalities, 203,121 residents (2025), IKEA and NIBE headquarters, Region Kronoberg formed 2015.
Kronos (comics)
Kronos (Chronos) is a Marvel Comics cosmic entity, a first-generation Eternal atomized in a cosmic-energy accident, father of Zuras and Mentor, grandfather of Thanos, and creator of Drax the Destroyer; he debuted in Iron Man #55 (1973).
Kronos (film)
Kronos (1957), also released as Kronos: Ravager of Planets, is a Kurt Neumann black-and-white Regal Films science fiction film starring Jeff Morrow, about a giant alien energy-absorbing machine destroyed by overfeeding it power.
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet: American string quartet founded by David Harrington in Seattle, 1973, now San Francisco-based. Distinguished by 1,100+ commissions, 70+ Nonesuch recordings, three Grammys, and the free Fifty for the Future repertoire.
Kronos, Incorporated (software company)
Kronos, Incorporated was an American workforce-management software company founded by Mark S. Ain in Massachusetts in 1977, known for time-and-attendance systems; it merged into UKG in 2020.
Kronosaurus
Kronosaurus is a genus of large short-necked pliosaurids from the Early Cretaceous, found in Australia and Colombia. It was named after the Greek Titan Kronos.
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve (Кроноцкий заповедник), a strict nature reserve in southeastern Kamchatka, Russia, founded 1 November 1934 from an 1882 sable refuge; home of the Valley of Geysers, Uzon caldera, and part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka World Heritage site.
Kronotsky
Kronotsky Volcano (Кроноцкая сопка), the "Fuji of Kamchatka," is a 3,482 m basaltic stratovolcano on Kamchatka's Pacific coast, the Eastern Volcanic Front's largest edifice, with extremely low-K tholeiitic lavas and Holocene eruptions dated by tephra.
Kronotsky Gulf
Kronotsky Gulf (Кроноцкий залив), a Pacific gulf on eastern Kamchatka between the Shipunsky and Kronotsky peninsulas, 68.5 km long, up to 1,500 m deep, with a major Holocene tsunami record and pollock spawning canyons.
Kronshtadt Group (Группа «Кронштадт»)
Kronshtadt Group (Группа «Кронштадт») is a private Russian defense-technology holding that makes unmanned aircraft, simulators, and electronics, best known for the Orion drone, Russia's first large production UAV.
Kronstadt (Кронштадт)
Kronstadt (Кронштадт) is a Russian naval port town on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, founded by Peter the Great in 1704 as a fortress guarding Saint Petersburg, main base of the Baltic Fleet, site of the 1921 sailors' rebellion, and a UNESCO-listed district of Saint Petersburg.
Kronstadt mutiny (1905–1906)
The Kronstadt mutinies (Кронштадтские восстания) were two armed uprisings of sailors and soldiers at Russia's Kronstadt naval fortress during the Revolution of 1905, in October 1905 and July 1906.
Kronstadt rebellion (Кронштадтское восстание)
Kronstadt rebellion (Кронштадтское восстание), also called the Kronstadt Mutiny of 1921: March 1921 uprising by sailors, soldiers, and workers at the Kronstadt naval base on Kotlin Island near Petrograd against the Bolshevik regime, suppressed by the Red Army on 18 March 1921.
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi (Кропивницький), oblast capital in central Ukraine on the Inhul River; founded 1754 as Saint Elizabeth Fortress, formerly Yelysavethrad and Kirovohrad, renamed 2016 for the theater founder Marko Kropyvnytskyi.
Kropyvnytskyy Raion
Kropyvnytskyy Raion is a raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine, created in its present form in July 2020 with its center in the city of Kropyvnytskyi.
Krori–Barua solution
The Krori–Barua solution is a singularity-free exact solution of the Einstein–Maxwell equations describing a static, spherically symmetric charged fluid sphere, published by K. D. Krori and J. Barua in 1975.
Krosaki Harima
Krosaki Harima Corporation (黒崎播磨株式会社) is a Japanese refractory manufacturer headquartered in Kitakyushu, founded in 1918, producing heat-resistant materials and ceramics chiefly for the steel industry and becoming a wholly owned Nippon Steel subsidiary in 2026.
Krosfyah
Krosfyah is a Barbadian soca band formed in 1989 in Clapham, Barbados, led by singer and songwriter Edwin Yearwood, known for "Pump Me Up" and five Party Monarch titles.
Krótka rozprawa między trzema osobami, Panem, Wójtem a Plebanem
Krótka rozprawa is a satirical verse dialogue by the Polish Renaissance writer Mikołaj Rej, printed in Kraków in 1543, debating a nobleman, a peasant, and a priest.
Krotoa
Krotoa, called Eva by the Dutch, was a Khoikhoi woman of the Goringhaicona clan who served as interpreter between the Dutch and Khoe communities at the Cape.
Kroy Biermann
Kroy Biermann (born 1985, Hardin, Montana), former NFL outside linebacker/defensive end, Atlanta Falcons 2008-2015, 114 games, 23.5 sacks, 2007 Buck Buchanan Award at Montana; ex-husband of Kim Zolciak.
KRR1 interacting protein 1
KRR1 interacting protein 1 (Kri1; yeast KRI1/YNL308c, human KRI1) is an essential nucleolar 40S ribosome biogenesis factor that binds the Krr1 KH1 domain; distinct from KRIT1/CCM1.
Krrish (franchise)
Krrish (कृष) is Rakesh Roshan's Hindi superhero franchise: Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Krrish (2006), Krrish 3 (2013), and YRF-backed Krrish 4, Hrithik Roshan's directorial debut set for 2027.
Krrish (कृष)
Krrish (कृष), 2006 Hindi superhero film by Rakesh Roshan, sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya, starring Hrithik Roshan as the masked hero Krishna Mehra; blockbuster grossing about ₹72 crore nett in India.