Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One trillion (1012) hertz.
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- noun A unit of measurement based on one
trillion hertz . - noun One
trillion hertz , 1012 Hz.
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- noun one trillion periods per second
Etymologies
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Examples
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THz (1 terahertz is a million times million periods a second).
Lippmann's and Gabor's Revolutionary Approach to Imaging 2005
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An unused type of radiation known as terahertz radiation was also discussed at the meeting, by David Whittaker from the University of Sheffield .
Honey, Who Shrank the Circuits? Lakshmi Sandhana 2002
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(sub-millimeter waves or so-called terahertz waves), but applications are now appearing.
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Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
innovations-report 2010
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But physicists have now discovered a way to use a gallium arsenide nanodevice as a signal processor at "terahertz" speeds that could help end the bottleneck.
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Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Physicists in the United States and Germany have discovered a way to use a gallium arsenide nanodevice as a signal processor at "terahertz" speeds, the first time it's been used for this purpose and an important step forward in the new world of optical communication and computing.
innovations-report 2010
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Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
R&D Mag - News 2010
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Advance made toward communication, computing at 'terahertz' speeds
R&D Mag - News 2010
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