kilocycle

[ kil-uh-sahy-kuhl ]

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

/ ˈkɪləʊˌsaɪkəl /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kilocycle¹

First recorded in 1920–25; kilo- + cycle

Example Sentences

You thought it was just the whistle – pitched at 15 kilocycles, undetectable by humans but easily picked by dogs – and the backwards muttering on the original run-out groove, but you're wrong.

From The Guardian

It went out at a frequency of about 1,000 kilocycles, had an amperage of approximately zero, but a voltage of two billion.

From Project Gutenberg

Not by nineteen thousand kilocycles, since neither of us had any idea.

From Project Gutenberg