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I know this is gonna sound like a trivial and pointless question, and that !because it is; but why isn't there a unit name for "per meter" like there is for "per second(Hz)"?

>> No.8505383

>>8505375
Because temporal frequency is much more useful than spatial frequency. The only use I can see of it is in study of waves with D'Alembert's equations, and even then it's just easy to say 'per meter' or 'meter minus one'.

However frequency has a ton of uses in daily live and scientific life.

>> No.8505398

The better question is why there isn't a unit name for momentum.

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8505405

>>8505398

>> No.8505413

>>8505398
>>8505405
It's actually a Kilogram-Hertz per per-meter

>> No.8505421

Another question is, why isn't there a unit name for impulse? Does newton really have to Jew every unit that involves force?

>> No.8505470

>>8505421
That's just a kilogram hertz per per-meter per-hertz-per-hertz

>> No.8505485

>>8505470
Newton Hertz second^2 meter per meter hertz per hertz

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8505597

>There's a special name for ms^-4 and ms^-3

>> No.8505603

>>8505375
Wavelength.

>> No.8505624

>>8505375
If a unit of measurement doesn't have its own name, we should give it a name ourselves.

>> No.8505627

>>8505624
This

>> No.8505636

>>8505603
Measured in meters you fuck

>> No.8505672

>>8505597
When is jolt, jounce ever actually used in anything?

>> No.8505773

>>8505375
Mertz

>> No.8505950

>>8505672
Robotics. You might think you don't perceive the 4th and 5th time derivative of position, but once you see a robot with a constant jounce in its movement it looks pretty eerie. We can pick up on stuff like that at a more subconscious level.