How to Use kilohertz in a Sentence

kilohertz

noun
  • For me, that worked out to about 2 kilohertz.
    — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Peak hearing sensitivity for most birds is believed to rest between two to three kilohertz.
    — Douglas Quenqua, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
  • But at 10 kilohertz, electricity slips by these nerves unnoticed.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The device can operate at 100 kilohertz speed, which the researchers say is suitable for lidar scanners.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The Nano controls the driver by providing 40-kilohertz square-wave timing signals.
    — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The upper frequency limit for the average human ear may be a measly 20 kilohertz, but most mammals can hear well into the ultrasound range.
    — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 June 2022
  • Recent experiments have already narrowed that to 300 kilohertz, and upcoming work could shrink it further to hundreds of hertz.
    — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Based on a series resonant topology, the converter runs at switching frequencies of up to 200 kilohertz (kHz).
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • For one thing, ultrasonic frequencies—20 kilohertz or higher—are inaudible to humans, and yet the sounds heard by the diplomats were obviously audible.
    — Kevin Fu, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Organic electrochemical transistors, made for biodegradable applications, are milimeters in size and switch at kilohertz rates.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Higher-frequency noise—over 1 kilohertz—from the USB connection comes from data and polling signals flowing over the interface.
    — Tim Kuhlbusch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In the second module, another set of transistors converts incoming DC current into an AC current with a frequency measured in kilohertz.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2017
  • The team found that the plants emitted sounds at a frequency of 40 to 80 kilohertz, and when condensed and translated into a frequency humans can hear, the noises were a bit similar to the pop of popcorn being made or bubble wrap bursting.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • It’s based on a timeless handheld design that’s comfortable to hold and resistant to environmental noise thanks to its internal pop filter and cardioid pattern, with a frequency response of 50 hertz to 16 kilohertz.
    — Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2020
  • An external impedance spectroscope sends a low-frequency stimulus (between 10 and 250 kilohertz) to the circuit, generating an electrical field.
    — Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And because the actuation frequencies (between 1 and 100 kilohertz) are far below those used for clinical imaging (between 1 and 20 megahertz), the two functions don’t interfere.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Control software and apps written by a fast-growing user base of Neuropixels researchers allow real-time, 30-kilohertz sampling of the firing activity of 768 distinct neurons at once, selected at will from the thousands of neurons touched by the probes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
  • The transmitter and receiver are matched to the same magnetic frequency, about 85 kilohertz, so that energy losses are minimal and the system operates at 95 percent efficiency, Daga said, comparable to a plug-in charger.
    — Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • System 2 handles high-level reasoning and language, System 1 translates perception into full-body motion at high frequency, and System 0 executes human-like balance and coordination at kilohertz rates.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The useful radio part of the EM spectrum’s radio region spans 30 kilohertz (30,000 Hertz) to 300 gigahertz (300,000,000,000 Hertz).
    — Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026

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