kilohertz
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- noun
- /ˈkɪloʊhɜrts/
- Specialized
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kilohertz
- Although the human ear collects sounds up to 20 kHz (1 kilohertz = 1000 hertz), the 2-5 kHz frequency range is where most of the spectral cues (the frequency of the sound) for speech are found.
- kilohertz (kHz)
- 1 kilohertz
Examples
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As with any electronic shortcut, there are a few drawbacks: the clock cycle feeding into the flip-flop has to be pretty fast; at least a few dozen kilohertz if you're sampling audio.
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With resonant frequencies from kilohertz to gigahertz, low dissipation, and small masses (10-15-10-17 kg), these devices are well suited to such explorations.
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I was convinced that the zero field shift they were getting was of the order of kilohertz.
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The carrier wave expressed in kilohertz is another factor in identification.
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Submarines typically radiate in the same frequency band as shipping noise, less than 1 kilohertz.
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The system was excited impulsively by a hammer, and a data acquisition system recorded the subsequent vibration with a sampling rate of 3.2 kilohertz.
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Using motion sensor information and kinematic models of the master and slave, the computer system computes, at 1.5 kilohertz, the actuator drive commands necessary to move the robot arms and provide feedback.
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Bar detectors act something like tuning forks, and a bar is mainly sensitive to gravitational waves at the bar's resonant frequency (typically around a kilohertz).
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The acoustic levitator uses two small speakers to generate sound waves at frequencies slightly above the audible range—roughly 22 kilohertz.
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The radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 102.5 kilohertz.
Synonyms
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3.8
A measure of how often something repeats, equal to one thousand times each second
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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
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Morphology
Etymology
Kilohertz combines kilo-, meaning 'thousand' as in kilogram, with hertz, the unit named after the scientist Heinrich Hertz meaning 'cycles per second'. So a kilohertz is simply a thousand hertz, or a thousand 'cycles per second'.