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  2. Hertz - Wikipedia

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    The hertz is defined as one per second for periodic events. The International Committee for Weights and Measures defined the second as "the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom" [3] [4] and then adds: "It follows that the hyperfine splitting in the ground state of the ...

  3. Cycle per second - Wikipedia

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    The cycle per second is a once-common English name for the unit of frequency now known as the hertz (Hz). Cycles per second may be denoted by c.p.s., c/s, or, ambiguously, just "cycles" (Cyc., Cy., C, or c). The term comes from repetitive phenomena such as sound waves having a frequency measurable as a number of oscillations, or cycles, per ...

  4. Rotational frequency - Wikipedia

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    Its SI unit is the reciprocal seconds (s −1); other common units of measurement include the hertz (Hz), cycles per second (cps), and revolutions per minute (rpm). [ 1 ] [ a ] [ b ] Rotational frequency can be obtained dividing angular frequency , ω, by a full turn (2 π radians ): ν =ω/(2π rad).

  5. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. [1] It is also occasionally referred to as temporal frequency for clarity and to distinguish it from spatial frequency.

  6. Radian per second - Wikipedia

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    The radian per second (symbol: rad⋅s −1 or rad/s) is the unit of angular velocity in the International System of Units (SI). The radian per second is also the SI unit of angular frequency (symbol ω, omega). The radian per second is defined as the angular frequency that results in the angular displacement increasing by one radian every ...

  7. Angular frequency - Wikipedia

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    A sphere rotating around an axis. Points farther from the axis move faster, satisfying ω = v / r.. In physics, angular frequency (symbol ω), also called angular speed and angular rate, is a scalar measure of the angle rate (the angle per unit time) or the temporal rate of change of the phase argument of a sinusoidal waveform or sine function (for example, in oscillations and waves).

  8. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Rate of change of velocity per unit time: the second time derivative of position m/s 2: L T −2: vector Angular acceleration: ω a: Change in angular velocity per unit time rad/s 2: T −2: pseudovector Angular momentum: L: Measure of the extent and direction an object rotates about a reference point kg⋅m 2 /s L 2 M T −1: conserved ...

  9. Becquerel - Wikipedia

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    The hertz is now only used for periodic phenomena. [5] While 1 Hz replaces the deprecated term cycle per second, 1 Bq refers to one event per second on average for aperiodic radioactive decays. The gray (Gy) and the becquerel (Bq) were introduced in 1975. [6] Between 1953 and 1975, absorbed dose was often measured with the rad.