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  2. Frequency - Wikipedia

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    The period T is the time taken to complete one cycle of an oscillation or rotation. The frequency and the period are related by the equation [ 4 ] f = 1 T . {\displaystyle f={\frac {1}{T}}.} The term temporal frequency is used to emphasise that the frequency is characterised by the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

  3. Seconds pendulum - Wikipedia

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    A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose period is precisely two seconds; one second for a swing in one direction and one second for the return swing, a frequency of 0.5 Hz. [ 1 ] Principles

  4. Rotational frequency - Wikipedia

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    For example, a stepper motor might turn exactly one complete revolution each second. Its angular frequency is 360 degrees per second (360°/s), or 2π radians per second (2π rad/s), while the rotational frequency is 60 rpm. Rotational frequency is not to be confused with tangential speed, despite some relation between the two concepts. Imagine ...

  5. Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The seconds pendulum, a pendulum with a period of two seconds so each swing takes one second, was widely used to measure gravity, because its period could be easily measured by comparing it to precision regulator clocks, which all had seconds pendulums. By the late 17th century, the length of the seconds pendulum became the standard measure of ...

  6. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    One hundredth of one second 1.6667 cs: The period of a frame at a frame rate of 60 Hz. 2 cs: The cycle time for European 50 Hz AC electricity 10–20 cs (=0.1–0.2 s): The human reflex response to visual stimuli 10 −1: decisecond ds One tenth of a second 1–4 ds (=0.1–0.4 s): The length of a single blink of an eye [14]

  7. Pendulum (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    The real period is, of course, the time it takes the pendulum to go through one full cycle. Paul Appell pointed out a physical interpretation of the imaginary period: [ 16 ] if θ 0 is the maximum angle of one pendulum and 180° − θ 0 is the maximum angle of another, then the real period of each is the magnitude of the imaginary period of ...

  8. Sampling (signal processing) - Wikipedia

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    That fidelity is reduced when () contains frequency components whose cycle length (period) is less than 2 sample intervals (see Aliasing). The corresponding frequency limit, in cycles per second ( hertz ), is 0.5 {\displaystyle 0.5} cycle/sample × f s {\displaystyle f_{s}} samples/second = f s / 2 {\displaystyle f_{s}/2} , known as the Nyquist ...

  9. Duty cycle - Wikipedia

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    A duty cycle or power cycle is the fraction of one period in which a signal or system is active. [1] [2] [3] Duty cycle is commonly expressed as a percentage or a ratio. A period is the time it takes for a signal to complete an on-and-off cycle. As a formula, a duty cycle (%) may be expressed as: = % [2]