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| Definition | |
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The hertz is equivalent to cycles per second.[2] In defining the second the CIPM declared that "the standard to be employed is the transition between the hyperfine levels F = 4, M = 0 and F = 3, M = 0 of the ground state 2S1/2 of the caesium 133 atom, unperturbed by external fields, and that the frequency of this transition is assigned the value 9 192 631 770 hertz"[3] thereby effectively defining the hertz and the second simultaneously.
In English, hertz is used as a plural.[4] As an SI unit, Hz can be prefixed; commonly used multiples are kHz (kilohertz, 103 Hz), MHz (megahertz, 106 Hz), GHz (gigahertz, 109 Hz) and THz (terahertz, 1012 Hz). One hertz simply means "one cycle per second" (typically that which is being counted is a complete cycle); 100 Hz means "one hundred cycles per second", and so on. The unit may be applied to any periodic event—for example, a clock might be said to tick at 1 Hz, or a human heart might be said to beat at 1.2 Hz. The "frequency" (activity) of aperiodic or stochastic events, such as radioactive decay, is expressed in becquerels.
Hertz
Unit system:
SI derived unit
Unit of...
Frequency
Symbol:
Hz
Named after:
Heinrich Hertz
In SI base units:
1 Hz = 1/s
Even though angular velocity, angular frequency and hertz all have the dimensions of 1/s, angular velocity and angular frequency are not expressed in hertz,[5] but rather in an appropriate angular unit such as radians per second. Thus a disc rotating at 60 revolutions per minute (rpm) is said to be rotating at either 2π rad/s or 1 Hz, where the former measures the angular velocity and the latter reflects the number of complete revolutions per second. The conversion between a frequency f measured in hertz and an angular velocity ω measured in radians per second are:
and .
This SI unit is named after Heinrich Hertz. As with every International System of Units (SI) unit whose name is derived from the proper name of a person, the first letter of its symbol is upper case (Hz). When an SI unit is spelled out in English, it should always begin with a lower case letter (hertz), except where any word would be capitalized, such as at the beginning of a sentence or in capitalized material such as a title. Note that "degree Celsius" conforms to this rule because the "d" is lowercase. —Based on The International System of Units, section 5.2.
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| History | |
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The hertz is named after the German physicist Heinrich Hertz, who made important scientific contributions to the study of electromagnetism. The name was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1930.[6] It was adopted by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) in 1960, replacing the previous name for the unit, cycles per second (cps), along with its related multiples, primarily kilocycles per second (kc/s) and megacycles per second (Mc/s), and occasionally kilomegacycles per second (kMc/s). The term cycles per second was largely replaced by hertz by the 1970s.
The term "gigahertz", most commonly used in computer processor clock rates and radio frequency (RF) applications, can be pronounced either /ˈɡɪɡəhɜrts/, with a hard /ɡ/ sound, or /ˈdʒɪɡəhɜrts/, with a soft /dʒ/[7] (see giga-#Pronunciation). The prefix "giga-" is derived directly from the Greek "γιγας" ("giant").
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| Applications | |
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Sine waves of different frequency.
Details of a heartbeat as an example of a non-sinusoidal periodic phenomenon that can be described in terms of hertz. Two complete cycles are illustrated.
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| Vibration | |
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Sound is a traveling wave which is an oscillation of pressure. Humans perceive frequency of sound waves as pitch. Each musical note corresponds to a particular frequency which can be measured in hertz. An infant's ear is able to perceive frequencies ranging from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz; the average adult human can hear sounds between 20 Hz and 16,000 Hz.[8] The range of ultrasound, high-intensity infrasound and other physical vibrations such as molecular vibrations extends into the megahertz range and well beyond.
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| Electromagnetic radiation | |
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Electromagnetic radiation is often described by its frequency—the number of oscillations of the perpendicular electric and magnetic fields per second—expressed in hertz.
Radio frequency radiation is usually measured in kilohertz, megahertz, or gigahertz; this is why radio dials are commonly labeled with kHz, MHz, and GHz. Light is electromagnetic radiation that is even higher in frequency, and has frequencies in the range of tens (infrared) to thousands (ultraviolet) of terahertz. Electromagnetic radiation with frequencies in the low terahertz range, (intermediate between those of the highest normally usable radio frequencies and long-wave infrared light), is often called terahertz radiation. Even higher frequencies exist, such as that of gamma rays, which can be measured in exahertz. (For historical reasons, the frequencies of light and higher frequency electromagnetic radiation are more commonly specified in terms of their wavelengths or photon energies: for a more detailed treatment of this and the above frequency ranges, see electromagnetic spectrum.)
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| Computing | |
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In computing, most central processing units (CPU) are labeled in terms of their clock rate expressed in megahertz or gigahertz (109 hertz). This number refers to the frequency of the CPU's master clock signal ("Clock rate"). This signal is simply an electrical voltage which changes from low to high and back again at regular intervals. This signal is also referred to as a square wave. Hertz has become the primary unit of measurement accepted by the general populace to determine the performance of a CPU, but many experts have criticized this approach, which they claim is an easily manipulable benchmark.[9] For home-based personal computers, the CPU has ranged from approximately 1 megahertz in the late 1970s (Atari, Commodore, Apple computers) to up to 6 GHz in the present (IBM POWER processors) and up to 8 GHz overclocked (AMD FX processors)[1].
Various computer buses, such as the front-side bus connecting the CPU and northbridge, also operate at different frequencies in the megahertz range
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SI multiples for hertz (Hz)
Submultiples
Multiples
Value
Symbol
Name
Value
Symbol
Name
10−1 Hz
dHz
decihertz
101 Hz
daHz
decahertz
10−2 Hz
cHz
centihertz
102 Hz
hHz
hectohertz
10−3 Hz
mHz
millihertz
103 Hz
kHz
kilohertz
10−6 Hz
µHz
microhertz
106 Hz
MHz
megahertz
10−9 Hz
nHz
nanohertz
109 Hz
GHz
gigahertz
10−12 Hz
pHz
picohertz
1012 Hz
THz
terahertz
10−15 Hz
fHz
femtohertz
1015 Hz
PHz
petahertz
10−18 Hz
aHz
attohertz
1018 Hz
EHz
exahertz
10−21 Hz
zHz
zeptohertz
1021 Hz
ZHz
zettahertz
10−24 Hz
yHz
yoctohertz
1024 Hz
YHz
yottahertz
Common prefixed units are in bold face.
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| Frequencies not expressed in hertz | |
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Even higher frequencies are believed to occur naturally, in the frequencies of the quantum-mechanical wave functions of high-energy (or, equivalently, massive) particles, although these are not directly observable, and must be inferred from their interactions with other phenomena. For practical reasons, these are typically not expressed in hertz, but in terms of the equivalent quantum energy, which is proportional to the frequency by the factor of Planck's constant.
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| See also | |
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Alternating current
Electronic tuner
Frequency changer
Normalized frequency
Orders of magnitude (frequency)
Radian per second
Signal bandwidth
[edit] Tags:Alternating Current,Electronic Tuner,Frequency Changer,Normalized Frequency,Orders Of Magnitude (frequency),Radian Per Second,Signal Bandwidth, | |
| References | |
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^ "hertz". (1992). American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
^ "SI brochure: Table 3. Coherent derived units in the SI with special names and symbols". http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-1/second.html. Retrieved 20102025.
^ "[Resolutions of the CIPM, 1964 - Atomic and molecular frequency standards"]. SI brochure, Appendix 1. http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf. Retrieved 2010-20-26.
^ NIST Guide to SI Units - 9 Rules and Style Conventions for Spelling Unit Names, National Institute of Standards and Technology
^ "SI brochure, Section 2.2.2, paragraph 6". http://www.bipm.org/en/si/derived_units/2-2-2.html.
^ IEC History
^ "Gigahertz" in Dictionary.com Unabridged. Dictionary.
^ Dominant spectral region
^ Good Riddance, Gigahertz
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| External links | |
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BIPM Cesium ion fCs definition
National Research Council of Canada: Generation of the Hz
National Research Council of Canada: Cesium fountain clock
National Physical Laboratory: Trapped ion optical frequency standards
National Research Council of Canada: Optical frequency standard based on a single trapped ion
National Research Council of Canada: Optical frequency comb
One Hertz in Radians per Second (Google). Note, as of 06 May 2009 there is an error of 2π.
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