KHZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kHz mean? 

• KHZ (noun)
  The noun KHZ has 1 sense:

1. one thousand periods per second

  Familiarity information: KHZ used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KHZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One thousand periods per second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz

Hypernyms ("kHz" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Meronyms (parts of "kHz"):

cps; cycle; cycle per second; cycles/second; hertz; Hz (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz))

Holonyms ("kHz" is a part of...):

Mc; megacycle; megacycle per second; megahertz; MHz (one million periods per second)

 Context examples 

1-4 kHz is not only the range in which fish sounds are found.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Testing the devices response to variations in air pressure for detecting sound with frequencies greater than upper limit of human hearing (> 20 kHz).

(Device Ultrasonic Sound Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

He can hear sounds ranging between 1 and 4 kHz, and it is in this range that fish such as sculpin and herring produce sounds.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)