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gigahertz

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One billion hertz, 109 Hz.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

1,000,000,000 periods per second

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate

History

Etymology

From giga- + hertz.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉赫 (jíhè) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉赫茲 /吉赫兹 (jíhèzī) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千兆赫 — thousand of million of hertz
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千兆赫茲 /千兆赫兹 — thousand of million of hertz
  • Czech: gigahertz — thousand of million of hertz
  • Finnish: gigahertsi — thousand of million of hertz
  • Greek: γιγαχέρτζ (gigachértz) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Italian: gigahertz — thousand of million of hertz
  • Japanese: ギガヘルツ (gigaherutsu) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Korean: 기가헤르츠 (gigahereucheu) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Romanian: gigahertz — thousand of million of hertz
  • Russian: гигаге́рц (gigagérc) — thousand of million of hertz
  • Swedish: gigahertz — thousand of million of hertz