Cycle per second operation. Thus, one becquerel is one event per second "on average", whereas one hertz is one event per second on a regular cycle. Cycle can also be a unit for measuring usage of reciprocating machines, especially presses, in which cases "cycle" refers to one complete revolution of the mechanism being measured (i.e. the shaft of a reciprocating engine). 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.
Unit of length in vacuum during a time interval of seconds." It is approximately equal to . Other units are derived from the metre by adding prefixes from the table below: For example, a kilometre is . In the Centimetre–gram–second system of units, the basic unit of length is the centimetre, or of a metre. Other non-SI units are derived from decimal multiples of the metre. The basic unit of length in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly by international treaty in 1959. Common Imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include: In addition, the following