Sentence examples for cycle per second from inspiring English sources

(One hertz equals one cycle per second).

A 3-mm axial movement simulated a clinical pecking motion at 1 cycle per second.

To commemorate the German pioneer Heinrich Hertz, who carried out some of the early radio experiments, the cycle per second is now called a hertz so that a frequency of one cycle per second is written as one hertz (abbreviated Hz).

A typical spectral line in the visible region of the spectrum has a wavelength of 5.8 × 10-5 cm; this wavelength corresponds to a frequency of 5.17 × 1014 Hz (hertz equals one cycle per second) obtained from the equation.

A continuous 3 mm oscillating axial motion was applied at 1 cycle per second by attaching an electric dental handpiece to the most inferior load cell of an Instron machine using a custom-made jig.

While most human communication takes place in a frequency range between 200 and 8,000 hertz (a hertz being the scientific unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second), most adults' ability to hear frequencies higher than that begins to deteriorate in early middle age.

On a 60-cycle-per-second circuit, which is what houses use, it can recognize a flaw as short as 25 milliseconds.

In the United States where 60-cycle-per-second alternating current is used, this usually means 3,600 or 1,800 revolutions per minute.

The wire rotates at 19 cycles per second.

Frequency is usually measured in cycles per second, or hertz.

The spectrum is internationally regulated from 9 kilohertz (thousands of cycles per second) to 275 gigahertz (billions of cycles per second) by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations body.