Cycle per second Cycle per second The cycle per second was a once-common English name for the unit of frequency now known as the hertz (Hz). The plural form was typically used, often written cycles per second, cycles/second, c.p.s., c/s, ~, or, ambiguously, just cycles. The term comes from the fact that sound waves have a frequency measurable in their number of oscillations, or "cycles", per second. With the organization of the International System of Units in 1960, the cycle per second was officially replaced by the hertz, or reciprocal second, "s" or "1/s". Symbolically, "cycle per second" units are "cycle/second", while hertz
Angular frequency for the vector quantity angular velocity. One revolution is equal to 2π radians, hence where ω is referred to as the natural frequency (which can sometimes be denoted as ω). As the object oscillates, its acceleration can be calculated by where "x" is displacement from an equilibrium position. Using "ordinary" revolutions-per-second frequency, this equation would be The resonant angular frequency in a series LC circuit equals the square root of the reciprocal of the product of the capacitance ("C" measured in farads) and the inductance of the circuit ("L", with SI unit henry): Adding series resistance (for example, due to