kHz
3
3.8
- noun
- Specialized
:
kHz
- High-quality audio recordings of the speakers were made at 44.1 kHz sampling frequency and 16-bit quantization.
- kHz frequency
- kHz sampling rate
- 8 kHz
If the line width is kHz, the lifetime is millisecond.
- If the line width is kHz, the lifetime is millisecond.
Examples
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She tuned her device to a signal operating around 2.4 kHz for optimal reception.
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The recording provided for analysis was single-channel PCM with a sampling frequency of 8 kHz and 16-bit quantization.
Academic text (2017) -
Hearing aids with a bandwidth exceeding approximately 8 kHz, however, would require a higher sampling rate.
Academic text (1990) -
All performances were recorded at a sampling frequency of 48 kHz with 24-bit resolution.
Academic text (2015) -
Four talkers were recorded direct to disc at a rate of 44.1 kHz.
Academic text (2012) -
The radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 101.5 kHz.
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The data transmission rate was set to 256 kHz to ensure high-quality performance.
Synonyms
1
3.7
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second
1
8.9
A unit for measuring radio waves that equals one thousand cycles per second
A unit equal to one thousand cycles per second, now called kilohertz
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word kHz is short for the prefix kilo- and Hz; kilo- means 'thousand', as in kilogram and kilometer, and Hz stands for hertz, named after the scientist Heinrich Hertz and meaning 'cycles per second'. So kHz literally means 'thousand hertz', or a thousand cycles each second.