ket

• IPA^(key): /kɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

From bra-ket notation invented by Paul Dirac, from bracket.

ket (plural kets)

1. (physics) A vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate of a bra; a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.

   A particular ket, say ${\displaystyle |A\rangle }$, might be represented by a particular column vector. Its corresponding bra, ${\displaystyle \langle A|}$, would then be represented by the row vector which is the transpose conjugate of that column vector.

Compare Icelandic kjöt (“flesh”); akin to Swedish kött, Danish kød, and Norwegian kjøtt. The use of the term ket for "candy" or "sweets" probably derived from its use to describe sweet meats or as a deterrent to children.

ket (countable and uncountable, plural kets)

1. (Northern England) Carrion; any filth.
2. (Northumbria) Sweetmeats.
3. (Wearside) A sweet, treat or candy.

• The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 on DICT.org
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,

Abbreviation.

ket (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) ketamine

ket (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) matted wool

• IPA^(key): /ked/ before a vowel.
• IPA^(key): /ke/ before a consonant.

ket

1. not

   N'ouzon ket petra eo. — I don't know what it is.

Together with ne: ne ... ket. This is the same structure as French ne ... pas.

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ket m (plural ketten, diminutive ketje n)

1. (Belgium, dialect) a kid
2. (Belgium, dialect) a young guy

• (common) kjöt

See kjöt.

• IPA^(key): /cʰɛːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt

ket n (genitive singular kets, no plural)

1. (regional, dated) meat

ket

1. and

• kete

Genitive form of kᵤse (“who, which”).

ket

1. whose, to whom, for whom

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ket”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 203-204