The unit describing the frequency of a wave is the _____?

Question

The unit describing the frequency of a wave is the _____?

Answer 1

It hurts to say Hertz (pun intended). When I received my physics degree in the '60's the brilliant minds of my fellow physicists decided to change the unit from the highly descriptive and SI units consistent cycles/sec = n/t = nf where n is the number of cycles divided by the number of t seconds passed for n cycles to the totally non-descriptive Hertz, which is not at all one of the kg-m-sec units we really need to be consistent. Notice that frequency, by definition, is f = 1/t Hz, which is simply the measure of one cycle in t seconds.

All these non-descriptive units: pounds, Newtons, Hertz, Maxwells, Barns (yes there really is a Barn), and so on are arcane. More than that, they force people to spend extra time and energy learning what these arcane terms really are in kg-m-s and similar descriptive units. In other words, these arcane terms make learning physics and other hard science more difficult than need be.

Answer 2

The unit describing the frequency of a wave is usually the Hz (Hertz).

Answer 3

The wave frequency is the number of waves that pass a given point per unit time, like second or minute. The unit is the number of waves per seconds or hertz (Hz). If you say, for example, that the frequency of sea waves is 1 Hz, this means that there is one way (or crest) passing a chosen point (e.g. a buoy) every second.

Answer 4

Hertz (Hz)


The unit Hertz (Hz) is used to describe frequency in cycles per second. In a sentence the proper format for writing this relationship is:

One cycle represents the movement of one wavelength.

Answer 5

Hertz

Answer 6

hertz or Cycles per second

Answer 7

Hert is the answer.

Answer 8

hertz?

Answer 9

Herz (..Hz..)