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KILOHERTZ [2 records]

Record 1 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Radio Waves
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

1000 hertz.

OBS

kilocycle: 1000 cycles. Generally interpreted as meaning 1000 cycles per second. Obsolete term, replaced by kilohertz (kHz).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Fréquence équivalent à 1 000 hertz.

OBS

kilocycle : terme employé parfois, et à tort, pour kilocycle par seconde, et qui doit être remplacé par kilohertz [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
  • Acústica (Física)
DEF

Unidad de frecuencia de los fenómenos periódicos equivalente a 1000 hertzios.

OBS

kilohercio: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la grafía "kilohercio", castellanizada y en minúscula.

OBS

kilociclo: Las más de las veces se sobreentiende "mil ciclos por segundo" y, en este caso, es incorrecto el uso de la voz "kilociclo", a la cual debe preferirse "kilohertzio".

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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
06.01.17 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

measure of frequency equal to one thousand (1,000) cycles per second

OBS

kilohertz; kHz: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

French

Spanish

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