Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[NTM 13,130] Frequency26 

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(1) For the physical quantity frequency, the Fiji legal unit of measurement is the hertz, symbol Hz.
(2) The hertz is the frequency of a regularly recurrent phenomenon that repeats itself once each second.
(3) When not in use for trade, permitted multiples and submultiples of the hertz are the units specified in Table 12.

TABLE 12

UnithertzSymbol
terahertz
gigahertz
megahertz
kilohertz
hertz
millihertz
revolution per minute
revolution per second
1012
109
106
103
1
10–3
1/60
1
THz
GHz
MHz
kHz
Hz
mHz
r/m
r/s
(4) When in use for trade, permitted multiples and submultiples of the hertz are the units permitted in subregulation (3).