Tuesday 20 July 2010

Hertz

This article is about the unit of frequency. For other uses, see Hertz (disambiguation).


"MHZ" redirects here. MHZ is also the IATA airport code for RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.

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"Megahertz" redirects here. For the German NDH industrial metal band, see Megaherz.

Hertz

Standard: SI derived unit

Quantity: Frequency

Symbol: Hz

Named after: Heinrich Hertz

Expressed in: 1 Hz =

SI base units 1/s



The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon.[1] One of its most common uses is the description of sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications.

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