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Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Radio Waves
DEF

A unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz.

OBS

gigacycle per second: Deprecated. Use gigahertz (GHz).

OBS

gigacycle: An obsolete term. The current preferred term is gigahertz.

DEF

kilomegacycle: Now called gigahertz. One billion cycles per second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Ondes radioélectriques
DEF

Unité de fréquence qui vaut un milliard de hertz (symb.: GHz).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Ondas radioeléctricas
DEF

Unidad de frecuencia que vale mil millones de hertzios.

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