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nanohertz

nanohertz noun: a unit of frequency equal to one thousand-millionth (10⁻⁹) of a hertz, about once every 32 years.

Noun (1)

nanohertz (plural nanohertz)

  1. A unit of frequency equal to one thousand-millionth (10⁻⁹) of a hertz, about once every 32 years

Noun (2) capitalized: nanoHertz

nanoHertz (plural nanoHertz)

  1. A frequency of 10⁻⁹ Hertz

Forms of nanohertz

pluralnanohertz
pluralnanoHertz
alternative formnanohertz

Origin of nanohertz

From nano- + hertz.

From nano- + Hertz.

Questions about nanohertz

What does nanohertz mean?
Nanohertz means a unit of frequency equal to one thousand-millionth (10⁻⁹) of a hertz, about once every 32 years.
What part of speech is nanohertz?
Nanohertz is a noun.
What is the plural of nanohertz?
The plural of nanohertz is nanohertz.

Words near nanohertz in the dictionary

  1. nanoheater
  2. nanoheaters
  3. nanohenries
  4. nanohenry
  5. nanohenrys
  6. nanohertz
  7. nanoheterogeneity
  8. nanohole
  9. nanoholes
  10. nanohoneycomb
  11. nanohoneycombs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nanohertz (page history and authors); nanoHertz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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