Need some smartness from U folks

[J Forster]

Jim Bromley, K7JEB wrote:

> This brings up a question that has puzzled me for quite
> some time:  If one is looking at an oscilloscope display
> of a sine wave and wants to talk about an individual,
> complete movement of the trace in both the positive
> and negative directions, what does one call it?

One cycle

> Previously one would have called it an individual *cycle*
> of the waveform.  However, nowadays with our electrical
> units honoring dead Europeans so much, and particularly
> one Heinrich Hertz, should one use the honorifically correct
> term of *hertz-second* instead?

I'm not aware of any specific unit, beyond a cycle, similar to the Joule =
Watt-Second for energy.

Best,
-John

>
> The expiring mind of K7JEB wants to know.....

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