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I've seen older literature that just uses "cycles," "kilocycles," and so forth. It's never abbreviated, so I always assumed the use of a named unit came from t
by ericbarrett 3y ago
I've seen older literature that just uses "cycles," "kilocycles," and so forth.
It's never abbreviated, so I always assumed the use of a named unit came from the desire to be able to write shorthand like kHz.
- billyjmc 3y agoI’ve absolutely seen it abbreviated. The wikipedia page even shows a photo of a “1000 kc” crystal resonator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_per_second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_per_second
- ericbarrett 3y agoSeems annoying if you’re a physicist or RF engineer. The Hertz makes sense.