How to Use gigahertz in a Sentence
gigahertz
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While not always the case, the higher the gigahertz, the faster the computer processing speed.
—Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
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All 377 lightning discharges recorded in Juno’s first eight flybys struck in the Earth-like megahertz and gigahertz range.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 June 2018
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The company claims the data connection is the first announced worldwide in the 28 gigahertz band using chips that are small enough to be used in smartphones.
—Mike Freeman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Oct. 2017
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The new device operates at speeds up to 40 gigahertz at 20 millikelvin.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
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The radio waves that come from these towers are in the megahertz-to- low-gigahertz range and vary according to which bits of spectrum a carrier has licensed from the FCC.
—Christopher Mims, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
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The 64 to 71 gigahertz band can now be used by any carrier, including AT&T, on an unlicensed basis.
—Paul Barbagallo, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
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That does indeed sound dated compared to the current crop of hypercars, which boast megawatts of hybrid or electric power and gigahertz of processing power to tame it all.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2019
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In contrast, lightning on Earth can produce gigahertz radio waves, which are millions of times higher in frequency.
—Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 7 June 2018
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That band — 24 gigahertz — sits right next to one that federal scientists use to detect water vapor emissions in the atmosphere.
—Susanne Rust, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
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When everyone else is selling gigahertz, Satjiv Chahil, chief marketing officer at Palm, likes to sell glamour.
—Tom McNichol, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2000
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The Bluetooth’s wavelength, around 2.44 gigahertz, is really crowded especially in the city.
—Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2017
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And so it‘s no surprise that millimeter wave is opening up huge multi-gigabit-per-second data rates, given the bandwidth itself, can approach a gigahertz.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
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Such transmission would nevertheless have been subject to the limitation of the electronic repeaters, likely a few gigahertz at most.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
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The atmosphere blocks frequencies higher than about 10 gigahertz.
—Meghan Bartels, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2018
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For its part, China has been encouraging development of 5G and has identified some airwave bands like 3.5 gigahertz for use as a possible global spectrum.
—Scott Moritz, Bloomberg.com, 2 Apr. 2018
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Radar at frequencies higher than the 3 gigahertz used by air-traffic controllers can detect objects even smaller than 1 inch across, provided they are made of a reflective material such as metal.
—Tom Avril, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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Wi-Fi receivers typically transmit at about a five gigahertz frequency.
—Gary Fowler, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
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The standard covers multiple frequency bands, but the main chunks are low-band and mid-band frequencies below 6 gigahertz, and ultra-wideband or millimeter-wave frequencies above 24 gigahertz.
—Will Knight, Wired, 14 Oct. 2020
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Current wireless communications can use signals that are as fast as tens of gigahertz; future 6G communications need signals as fast as 1 terahertz.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Feb. 2023
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But at the frequency used in standard air-traffic radar — about 3 gigahertz — the system can pick up objects as small as 1 inch across, according to Christopher Peters, a Drexel University professor of electrical and computer engineering.
—Tom Avril, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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Instead, the team opted for maximum sensitivity and designed their detectors to receive a single frequency: 150 gigahertz.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2014
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Other wireless industry experts cite opportunities above 3.5 gigahertz, where several other countries have marked frequencies for 5G use.
—Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 20 June 2019
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