Measurement unit conversion: gigahertz

›› Measurement unit: gigahertz

Full name: gigahertz

Symbol: GHz

Category type: frequency

Scale factor: 1000000000

›› SI unit: hertz

The SI derived unit for frequency is the hertz.
1 hertz is equal to 1.0E-9 gigahertz.

›› Convert gigahertz to another unit

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›› Definition: Gigahertz

The SI prefix "giga" represents a factor of 10⁹, or in scientific notation, 1E9.

So 1 gigahertz = 10⁹ .

The definition of a hertz is as follows:

The hertz (symbol Hz) is the SI unit of frequency. It is named in honour of the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz who made some important contributions to science in the field of electromagnetism.

›› Sample conversions: gigahertz

gigahertz to degree/hour
gigahertz to millihertz
gigahertz to degree/minute
gigahertz to degree/second
gigahertz to revolution/minute
gigahertz to terahertz
gigahertz to radian/hour
gigahertz to kilohertz
gigahertz to radian/minute
gigahertz to revolution/hour

›› Common misspellings of gigahertz

gegahertz
gigaherts
gigahurtz
gigaherz
gigaheartz
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