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| May 30, 2013 at 21:24 | comment | added | Brandon Enright | @eidylon yes however $\mathrm{Hz}$ applied to rotation is usually in radians per second (typically just $\omega$). | |
| May 30, 2013 at 21:17 | comment | added | eidylon | Hmm, technically, if Hz is simply cycles/second, then Hz could - technically - be used to describe the motion of a circular saw too, couldn't it? With the "cycle" simply being defined as one complete revolution of the saw blade? | |
| May 29, 2013 at 16:39 | vote | accept | eidylon | ||
| May 29, 2013 at 16:12 | comment | added | user10851 | And the convention in physics is that $\mathrm{s}^{-1}$ is usually understood to mean radians per second rather than cycles per second. | |
| May 29, 2013 at 15:42 | comment | added | Brandon Enright | Technically $\mathrm{Hz}$ is $s^{-1}$ (inverse seconds) however cycles per second is the easiest way to understand the unit. | |
| May 29, 2013 at 15:40 | history | answered | Brandon Enright | CC BY-SA 3.0 |