Dictionary

kilocycle en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English kilo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English kilocycle From kilo- + cycle.

Meanings

1. A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
2. (ellipsis) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.

Forms

Deriveds

multikilocycle

Translations (7)

it chilociclo (a thousand cycles) · el χιλιόκυκλος (a thousand cycles) · pt quilociclo (a thousand cycles) · fr kilocycle (a thousand cycles) · it kilociclo (a thousand cycles) · es kilociclo (a thousand cycles) · ro kilociclu (a thousand cycles)