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kilohertz

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian: /ˈkɪləhɜːts/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kilocycle

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one thousand periods per second

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate

History

Etymology

From kilo- + hertz.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: quilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千赫 (qiānhè) — one thousand hertz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千赫茲 /千赫兹 (qiānhèzī) — one thousand hertz
  • Czech: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Dutch: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Finnish: kilohertsi — one thousand hertz
  • French: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Italian: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Italian: chilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Japanese: キロヘルツ (kiroherutsu) — one thousand hertz
  • Korean: 킬로헤르츠 (killohereucheu) — one thousand hertz
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kilocykel — one thousand hertz
  • Polish: kiloherc — one thousand hertz
  • Portuguese: quilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Romanian: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Russian: килогерц (kilogerc) — one thousand hertz
  • Spanish: kilohercio — one thousand hertz
  • Swedish: kilohertz — one thousand hertz
  • Zazaki: kilohertz — one thousand hertz