CYCLE PER SECOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cycle per second mean? 

• CYCLE PER SECOND (noun)
  The noun CYCLE PER SECOND has 1 sense:

1. the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

  Familiarity information: CYCLE PER SECOND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLE PER SECOND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

cps; cycle; cycle per second; cycles/second; hertz; Hz

Hypernyms ("cycle per second" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Holonyms ("cycle per second" is a part of...):

kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz (one thousand periods per second)

 Context examples 

It is mathematically defined as: JTcF = JT/CubeRootRR(seconds) and theoretically corrects the JT interval to that which would be observed at a heart rate of 1 cycle per second.

(JTcF - Fridericia's Correction Formula, NCI Thesaurus)

It is mathematically defined as: JTcB = JT/SqRootRR(seconds) and theoretically corrects the JT interval to that which would be observed at a heart rate of 1 cycle per second.

(JTcB - Bazett's Correction Formula, NCI Thesaurus)