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What does kHZ stand for?

Kilohertz (1000 Hertz)


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Kauai Health and Wellness Association (Hawaii)
Kent High Weald Project (UK)
Knot Heads World Wide
Kingston HyperX
King Harbor Yacht Club (Redondo Beach, California)
King Harbor Youth Foundation (California; est. 1982)
Know How You Feel
Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (Germany)
Karawa Health Zone (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Kaizen Institute (Mauritius)
Kangaroo Island (South Australia)
Karolinska Institutet
Kasse Initiatives
Keane, Inc.
Kennedy Information
Key Indicator (encryption seed used in GSM/PCN and derivative systems call setup)
Kibi (kilobinary, 2^10)
Killer Instinct
Kinderberg International

Samples in periodicals archive:
HD VoIP enables a higher sound quality through using voice energy outside of the 3 kilohertz frequency of traditional telephone calls.
Bowman and McNeal concluded that neural block occurs more readily at multiples of threshold stimulation intensities and that the effects occur more rapidly at higher kilohertz frequencies.
But following demand for a device that would get rid of all undesirables regardless of age, the new Mark 4 version can operate at a lower eight kilohertz frequency that adults can hear too, annoying everyone within earshot.
That sensitive arrangement lets mammals, especially those that hunt prey by echolocation, detect sounds at frequencies up to 120 kilohertz (kHz), says Zhe-Xi Luo, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
Under the new advice they will now cover all the frequency ranges up to 300 kilohertz produced by TV and radio transmissions,mobile telecommunications and the supply and use of electricity.
Capable of imparting a force up to 20kN, this equipment extends the frequency range to many kilohertz and can be driven by either sinusoidal or random signals in order to conform to today's most widely used test standards.
Hearing thresholds at higher frequencies, two kilohertz and four kilohertz, were significantly increased in 18 per cent of men who had spent at least six months in noisy occupations.
For example, AM radio uses frequencies from 535 to 1605 kilohertz, but frequencies from 1800 to 29,700 kilohertz are available for amateur use.

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