Time & Calendar
Basic

Period & Frequency

A repeating event's period is the reciprocal of its frequency.

Formula

T=1fT = \dfrac{1}{f}

Variables

TPeriod (s)
fFrequency (Hz)

Example

50 Hz mains ⇒ T = 0.02 s (20 ms)

Did You Know?

A caesium-133 atom oscillates 9,192,631,770 times per second — that count is the modern definition of the second.