Gigacycle

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of gigahertz. obsolete

    "The passband width ranges from 6 to 8 gigacycles (GC), which shows how old the filter is: It is labeled with gigacycles instead of the modern terminology, gigahertz (GHz)."

  2. 2
    1,000,000,000 periods per second wordnet

Synonyms

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gigahertzgcghzgigacycle per secondgigahertz

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"The passband width ranges from 6 to 8 gigacycles (GC), which shows how old the filter is: It is labeled with gigacycles instead of the modern terminology, gigahertz (GHz)."

Etymology

From giga- + cycle.

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