Kc (Noun)
Meaning
One thousand periods per second.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The speed of the processor is measured in kc, indicating it can perform one thousand calculations per second.
- In the frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum, 1 kc represents one thousand periods per second.
- This vintage radio can receive radio waves of frequencies as low as 50 kc up to several hundred kc.
- The device emits a sound wave that has a frequency of 2 kc, which is beyond human hearing.
- In older communication systems, data was transmitted in terms of kc, signifying the speed at which information was conveyed.