CPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cps mean? 

• CPS (noun)
  The noun CPS has 1 sense:

1. the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

  Familiarity information: CPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

cps; cycle; cycle per second; cycles/second; hertz; Hz

Hypernyms ("cps" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Holonyms ("cps" is a part of...):

kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz (one thousand periods per second)