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English
Etymology
From kilo- + hertz.
Noun
kilohertz (plural kilohertz or kilohertzes)
- A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
- Synonym: kilocycle
Translations
Czech
Noun
kilohertz m inan
- kilohertz
Declension
Declension of kilohertz (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “kilohertz”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “kilohertz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Italian
Etymology
From kilo- + hertz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌki.loˈɛrt͡s/*
- Rhymes: -ɛrts
- Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧hertz
Noun
kilohertz m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of chilohertz
Further reading
- kilohertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- kilohèrtz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- chilohertz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French kilohertz. By surface analysis, kilo- + hertz.
Noun
kilohertz m (plural kilohertzi)
- kilohertz
Declension