KD and variants may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

KD Avia KD Avia, sometimes called Kaliningrad Avia, was an airline based in Kaliningrad, Russia. It operated scheduled services within Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS and Europe. Its main base was Khrabrovo Airport, Kaliningrad. History ...

, a former Russian airline (IATA code KD) *

KD Transportation Group The KD Transportation group () is a transportation company based on Daewon Passenger Traffic, which mainly does bus transportation. The company focuses on intercity bus, airport bus, transit bus, tour bus service, and is the biggest bus company ...

, a South Korean bus company * Kalstar Aviation (IATA code KD) *

Kappa Delta Kappa Delta (, also known as KD or Kaydee) is an American collegiate social sorority. Established in 1897, it was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University), in Farmville, Virginia. Kappa Delta is one ...

, a National Panhellenic sorority *

Kendell Airlines Kendell Airlines was a regional airline of Australia, in the 1990s the largest in the country. It served major regional centres in New South Wales, Victoria (state), Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. ...

, a former Australian airline (IATA code KD) *

Keolis Downer Keolis Downer is a public transport operator that operates bus, train, tram and ferry services in Australia. It is a joint venture between Keolis, the largest private sector French transport group, and Downer Rail, an Australian railway enginee ...

, an Australian public transport operator *

Kings Dominion Kings Dominion is an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States, north of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond and south of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park opened to the public on May 3, 1975, featuring over 60 rid ...

, an amusement park located in Doswell, Virginia *

Koleje Dolnośląskie Koleje Dolnośląskie ( Polish for ''Lower Silesian Railways''; KD) is a regional rail operator in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. The company was founded on 28 December 2007 by a decision of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik and i ...

, a Polish rail operator *

Köln-Düsseldorfer Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) is a river cruise operator based in Cologne, Germany. The company operates a total of 14 cruise ships on the Rhine, Main and Moselle rivers. The famous KD steamer line operated on the Rhine with steamers and tourist boa ...

, a river cruise operator based in Cologne, Germany * Stock ticker symbol for Kyndryl Holdings, an IT services company based in New York City

Science and technology

Dissociation constant In chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant (''K''D) is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate (dissociate) reversibly into smaller components, as when a complex ...

(K_D), a type of equilibrium constant *

K-d tree In computer science, a ''k''-d tree (short for ''k-dimensional tree'') is a space-partitioning data structure for organizing points in a ''k''-dimensional space. K-dimensional is that which concerns exactly k orthogonal axes or a space of any ...

, a data structure in computing *

Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children under 5 years of age. It is a form of vasculitis, in which medium-sized blood vessels become in ...

, an inflammatory disease causing vasculitis and sometimes aneurysm * Kienböck's disease, an avascular necrosis in the lunate bone of the wrist * Toyota KD Engine, an engine manufactured by Toyota *

Gene knockdown Gene knockdown is an experimental technique by which the expression of one or more of an organism's genes is reduced. The reduction can occur either through genetic modification or by treatment with a reagent such as a short DNA or RNA oligonucleot ...

, a genetic modification technique

Other uses

*'' K.D.'', a 2019 Indian Tamil-language film * KD Station, a meat packing plant, later business and entertainment complex, in Sioux City, Iowa, US * Kapal DiRaja, a ship prefix used in the

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defence operations. RMN's area of operation consists of 603,2 ...

* ''

Katamari Damacy () is a 2004 action-puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild stars, constellations, and the Moon, which were inadvertently destroyed by his f ...

'', a PlayStation 2 video game *

Kentucky Deluxe Heaven Hill Kentucky Whiskey is an American blended whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distilleries. The company sells a variety of blended whiskeys and straight bourbons in 16 oz (1 pint), 750ml, and 1-liter glass bottles, a ...

, a brand of American whiskey *

k.d. lang Kathryn Dawn Lang (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang (stylised in all lowercase), is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical pe ...

, a Canadian pop singer-songwriter *

Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Durant has won two List of NBA champions, NBA champ ...

, a professional basketball player *

Kuldeep Yadav Kuldeep Yadav (born 14 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer. A left-arm unorthodox spinner, he plays for Uttar Pradesh cricket team, Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the 2022 Indian Premier League, Indian ...

, Indian cricketer *

Krisdayanti Kris Dayanti (born 24 March 1975), often written mononymously as Krisdayanti (or shortened as KD), is an Indonesian politician, singer and actress. She is the younger sister of Yuni Shara, another Indonesian singer. She is the daughter of Treng ...

, an Indonesian singer and actress * K?d, an American DJ and record producer *

Christian Democrats (Sweden) The Christian Democrats ( , KD) is a Christian democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party; in 1991, the party won seats on its own. The ...

, a Swedish political party *

Christian Democrats (Finland) The Christian Democrats (CD; ; , KD) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Finland. It was founded in May 1958, chiefly by the Christian faction of the National Coalition Party. It entered parliament in 1970. The part ...

, a Finnish political party *

Khaki drill Khaki drill (KD) is the British military term for a type of fabric and the military uniforms made from them. History Khaki colour uniforms were first introduced in 1848 in the British Indian Army Corps of Guides. As well as the Corps of Guid ...

, a fabric used in 20th-century British military uniforms *

Knock-down kit A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product. The parts are typically manufactured in one country or region, and then exported to another country or r ...

, a kit of part to assemble something *

Kraft Dinner Kraft Dinner (marketed as KD in Canada; Kraft Mac & Cheese in the United States, Australia and New Zealand; and Mac and Cheese in the United Kingdom and internationally) is a nonperishable packaged macaroni and cheese mix. It is made by Kraf ...

, a convenience food product *

Kuwaiti dinar The Kuwaiti dinar (, code: KWD) is the currency of Kuwait. It is sub-divided into 1,000 fulūs. As of 2023, the Kuwaiti dinar is the currency with the highest value per base unit, with KD 1 equalling US$3.26, ahead of the Bahraini dina ...

, a currency, sometimes represented "K.D." (ISO code KWD) * Kill-death ratio, a statistic in player-versus-player combat multiplayer video games *

Wasp dope Wasp dope, or wasping, also known by the street name KD or Katie, refers to the ingestion of common household insecticides either combined with or as a substitute for more conventional addictive substances that cause euphoria, such as methamphetam ...

, a drug sometimes known by the street name KD.

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