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TERAHERTZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does terahertz mean?
• TERAHERTZ (noun)
The noun TERAHERTZ has 1 sense:
1. one trillion periods per second
Familiarity information: TERAHERTZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One trillion periods per second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
terahertz; THz
Hypernyms ("terahertz" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Context examples
It is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a small monochromatic light source at 540 terahertz emitting 1/683 watt per steradian in that direction.
(Candela, NCI Thesaurus)
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