hertz [Hz]

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(n.) A unit of frequency measurement named for German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894); 1 Hz equals 1 cycle per second (cps), 1 kilohertz (kHz) equals 1000 cps, and 1 megahertz (MHz) equals 1 0 000 cps.

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