Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilocycle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kilo-cy-cle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).

noun

A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.

Etymology

Etymology tree English kilo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English kilocycle From kilo- + cycle.

Inflected Forms

kilocycles (plural)

Derived Forms

multikilocycle

Synonyms

kilohertz khz kilocycle per second kc

Questions

What does kilocycle mean?: A thousand cycles (of any periodic phenomenon).
Where does kilocycle come from?: Etymology tree English kilo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English kilocycle From kilo- + cycle.

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