Kilocycle Per Second (Noun)
Meaning
One thousand periods per second.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The unit of frequency, kilocycle per second, has largely been replaced by kilohertz in scientific and technical contexts.
- A kilocycle per second is equivalent to one thousand periods per second, which is the definition of a kilohertz.
- The kilocycle per second was once a widely used unit of measurement, but it has been largely superseded by the kilohertz.
- In older texts, the unit kilocycle per second may still be encountered, particularly in the context of radio broadcasts and electronics.
- The frequency of a thousand periods per second is sometimes expressed as one kilocycle per second, although this unit is now largely obsolete.