kilocycles

The incoming signals were received on a frequently slightly over 6,000 kilocycles from a 200-watt transmitter located by the National Broadcasting Company at Rapid City.

Stratosphere Exploration 1936

The pact extended the AM broadcast band from 1500 kHz to 1600 kHz mostly called kilocycles rather than kilohertz in those days.

Wired Top Stories Hugh Hart 2011

Wear and tear made her look to be about thirty kilocycles old.

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"Picked a lightning bug off the drum, running at two kilocycles."

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

"Picked a lightning bug off the drum, running at two kilocycles."

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

That's two thousand cycles per second -- "yes, I'm chicken" -- so two kilocycles was slow speed.

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

That's two thousand cycles per second -- "yes, I'm chicken" -- so two kilocycles was slow speed.

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

"Picked a lightning bug off the drum, running at two kilocycles."

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

That's two thousand cycles per second -- "yes, I'm chicken" -- so two kilocycles was slow speed.

George Dyson at the birth of the computer 2003

It replaces kilocycles as the correct term in broadcast frequencies.

Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002