standing or assumed to stand next in order beyond (a specified element) in the same family of the periodic table in names of chemical elements esp. when not yet discovered
eka -lead is the hypothetical element 114
eke ['ēk] -adv
also
increase, lengthen
to get with great difficulty usu. used with out
eke out a living
eke out -vt
to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement
eked out his income by getting a second job
to make (a supply) last by economy
EKG -abbr
electrocardiogram; electrocardiograph
ekis·tics [i-'kis-tiks] -n pl but sing in constr, adj
a science dealing with human settlements and drawing on the research and experience of professionals in various fields (as architecture, engineering, city planning, and sociology)
ek·phra·sis ['ek-frə-səs] -n
a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art