KILOCYCLE

kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc

(noun) one thousand periods per second

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kilocycle (plural kilocycles)

A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon)

(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz

Source: Wiktionary



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