Re: [tuning] Digest Number 2252

Actually,

frequency is defined as the unit T ^ -1 (per time, or in si s ^ -1 or per
second.

Hence 34 s^(-1) is the measure of Hz, but Hz is now an si unit.

pedantic again.

Mark

> From: tuning@yahoogroups.com
> Reply-To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
> Date: 15 Oct 2002 22:06:30 -0000
> To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [tuning] Digest Number 2252
>
> Subject: RE: Re: is this a mistake?? [Hertz-Hz]
>
> Strictly speaking, Cycles Per Second or Hertz or Hz is not a unit in the
> same sense as an Ampere or Henry or Volt. Units, which are usually named
> after scientists working in related fields, all can be ultimately defined in
> terms of mass, length and time. By this definition, "cycle" cannot be
> defined in terms of mass or length. It could have been defined in terms of
> the vibrational frequency of some standard length air column at standard
> temperature and pressure, I suppose.
>
> Ed Borasky