1. plural of kilocycle; units of frequency equal to 1,000 cycles per second
Usage: technical; largely replaced by kilohertz

Examples

• The radio station broadcasts at 1,200 kilocycles.
• Old radio dials were marked in kilocycles rather than kilohertz.
• The frequency was measured at 850 kilocycles per second.
• Engineers converted the kilocycles reading to modern units.
• The transmitter operated at several thousand kilocycles.
• Vintage equipment still displays frequencies in kilocycles.