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  2. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    The second is the international standard unit (SI unit) for science. Celestial sphere-based: as in sidereal time, where the apparent movement of the stars and constellations across the sky is used to calculate the length of a year. These units do not have a consistent relationship with each other and require intercalation. For example, the year ...

  3. List of international units - Wikipedia

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    In SI base units In other SI units SI: Physics: Basic: second [n 1] s: T: time: The duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition ...

  4. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit for the period, as for all measurements of time, is the second. [5] A traditional unit of frequency used with rotating mechanical devices, where it is termed rotational frequency, is revolution per minute, abbreviated r/min or rpm. [6] Sixty rpm is equivalent to one hertz. [7]

  5. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    SI derived unit Dimension Comments Absement: A: Measure of sustained displacement: the first integral with respect to time of displacement m⋅s L T: vector Acceleration: a →: 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 ...

  6. Time in physics - Wikipedia

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    In the International System of Units (SI), the unit of time is the second (symbol: s). It has been defined since 1967 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", and is an SI base unit. [12]

  7. SI base unit - Wikipedia

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    The SI system after 1983, but before the 2019 revision: Dependence of base unit definitions on other base units (for example, the metre is defined as the distance travelled by light in a specific fraction of a second), with the constants of nature and artefacts used to define them (such as the mass of the IPK for the kilogram).

  8. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    While not an SI-unit, the litre may be used with SI units. It is equivalent to (10 cm) 3 = (1 dm) 3 = 10 −3 m 3. Many non-SI units continue to be used in the scientific, technical, and commercial literature. Some units are deeply embedded in history and culture, and their use has not been entirely replaced by their SI alternatives.

  9. Rotational frequency - Wikipedia

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    Similar to ordinary period, the reciprocal of rotational frequency is the rotation period or period of rotation, T=ν −1 =n −1, with dimension of time (SI unit seconds). Rotational velocity is the vector quantity whose magnitude equals the scalar rotational speed.