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This is a list of scientific units named after people.For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.By convention, the name of the unit is properly written starting with a lowercase letter (except where any word would be capitalized), but the first letter of its symbol is a capital letter if it is derived from a proper name.
Two of the base SI units and 17 of the derived units are named after scientists. [2] 28 non-SI units are named after scientists. By this convention, their names are immortalised. As a rule, the SI units are written in lowercase letters, but symbols of units derived from the name of a person begin with a capital letter.
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. [ 1 ] [ a ] The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base units is s −1 , meaning that one hertz is one per second or the reciprocal of one second . [ 2 ]
The SI has special names for 22 of these coherent derived units (for example, hertz, the SI unit of measurement of frequency), but the rest merely reflect their derivation: for example, the square metre (m 2), the SI derived unit of area; and the kilogram per cubic metre (kg/m 3 or kg⋅m −3), the SI derived unit of density.
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The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI derived unit of frequency. Hertz may also refer to: People. Hertz (name), a German surname that has also been used as a given name.
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