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.
Revolutions per minute former measures the angular velocity and the latter reflects the number of revolutions per second. If the non-SI unit rpm is considered a unit of frequency, then . If it instead is considered a unit of angular velocity and the word "revolution" is considered to mean 2 radians, then . Revolutions per minute Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or with the notation min) is the number of turns in one minute. It is a unit of rotational speed or the frequency of rotation around a fixed axis. According to the International System of Units (SI), rpm is