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   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 28/12/2025 à 10:31, Peter Moylan a écrit :   
   > On 28/12/25 21:18, Hibou wrote:   
   >> Le 27/12/2025 à 12:09, J. J. Lodder a écrit :   
   >>>   
   >>> 'Kilocycles' is an Americanism, for radio stations for example.   
   >>> [...]   
   >>   
   >> There are many examples of "kilocycles per second" in, for instance,   
   >> pre-War issues of the the British magazine 'Wireless World'.   
   >   
   > There is a huge difference between "kilocycles" and "kilocycles per   
   > second".   
      
      
   Granted - but the linguistic conclusion remains the same, I think -   
   'kilocycles [per second]' is not an Americanism:   
      
      
      
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