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Quantity Unit Remarks Name Symbol Definition Name Symbol period, periodic time: T: time of one cycle: second: s: frequency: f, ν: f = 1/T: hertz: Hz: 1 Hz = 1 s −1: loudness level: L N: L N = ln(p eff /p 0) 1 kHz where p eff is the root-mean-square value of the sound pressure of a pure tone of 1 kHz, which is judged by a normal observer under standardized listening conditions as being as ...
foot per second squared: fps 2: ≡ 1 ft/s 2 = 3.048 × 10 −1 m/s 2: gal; galileo: Gal ≡ 1 cm/s 2 = 10 −2 m/s 2: inch per minute per second: ipm/s ≡ 1 in/(min⋅s) = 4.2 3 × 10 −4 m/s 2: inch per second squared: ips 2: ≡ 1 in/s 2 = 2.54 × 10 −2 m/s 2: knot per second: kn/s ≡ 1 kn/s ≈ 5.1 4 × 10 −1 m/s 2: metre per second ...
Unit type Unit code Unit name Area: a: are: m2: square metre Charge: coulomb: coulomb Energy: J: joule Force: N: newton Length: m: metre Magnetic field strength: T ...
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. [1] It is also occasionally referred to as temporal frequency for clarity and to distinguish it from spatial frequency.
14 kHz: Acoustic – the typical upper limit of adult human hearing 17.4 kHz: Acoustic – a frequency known as the Mosquito, which is generally only audible to those under the age of 24. 25.1 kHz Acoustic – G 10, the highest pitch sung by Georgia Brown, who has a vocal range of 8 octaves. 44.1 kHz: Common audio sampling frequency: 10 5: 100 kHz
The cycle per second is a once-common English name for the unit of frequency now known as the hertz (Hz). Cycles per second may be denoted by c.p.s., c/s, or, ambiguously, just "cycles" (Cyc., Cy., C, or c). The term comes from repetitive phenomena such as sound waves having a frequency measurable as a number of oscillations, or cycles, per ...
For example, the freezing point of water is 0 °C and 32 °F, and a 5 °C change is the same as a 9 °F change. Thus, to convert from units of Fahrenheit to units of Celsius, one subtracts 32 °F (the offset from the point of reference), divides by 9 °F and multiplies by 5 °C (scales by the ratio of units), and adds 0 °C (the offset from the ...
Magnitude response of a low pass filter with 6 dB per octave or 20 dB per decade roll-off. Measuring the frequency response typically involves exciting the system with an input signal and measuring the resulting output signal, calculating the frequency spectra of the two signals (for example, using the fast Fourier transform for discrete signals), and comparing the spectra to isolate the ...