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KILOCYCLE PER SECOND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One thousand periods per second
Synonyms:
kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("kilocycle per second" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Meronyms (parts of "kilocycle per second"):
cps; cycle; cycle per second; cycles/second; hertz; Hz (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz))
Holonyms ("kilocycle per second" is a part of...):
Mc; megacycle; megacycle per second; megahertz; MHz (one million periods per second)
