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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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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