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kilocycle

American  
[kil-uh-sahy-kuhl] / ˈkɪl əˌsaɪ kəl /

noun

  1. a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. kc

kilocycle British  
/ ˈkɪləʊˌsaɪkəl /

noun

  1. short for kilocycle per second: a former unit of frequency equal to 1 kilohertz

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Etymology

Origin of kilocycle

First recorded in 1920–25; kilo- + cycle

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The ceremony will be broadcast for thousands of hams who learned to tell the difference between a kilowatt and kilocycle at one of Marshall Ensor's after-supper dot-and-dash parties.

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