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Noun: cycles per second
  1. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
    "The human ear can typically hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 cycles per second";
    - hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle

Type of: rate

Part of: kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertz

Encyclopedia: Cycles per second