Degree Per Second (°/s)
One 360th of a hertz: one full turn in 360 seconds. A measure of rotation rate.
1 degree per second = 0.002777777778 hertz (approximately).
About the degree per second
Motion sensors and camera gear tend to report turning speed in degrees per second, a unit that people can picture more readily than radians. Three-axis gyroscopes in phones, tablets and game controllers measure the rate of rotation in roll, pitch and yaw, and the rate is commonly given in these degrees. A full turn is 360 degrees, so a device spinning once each second registers 360 degrees per second.
Converting to frequency is a division by 360. One degree per second is 1/360 hertz, about 0.002778 Hz, the figure used here. In terms of angular velocity it equals pi divided by 180 rad/s, about 0.01745, and 6 degrees per second equals one revolution per minute. Degrees per second are not an SI unit, though the degree itself is accepted for use alongside the SI.
Sources: Wikipedia: Gyroscope; Wikipedia: Angular velocity; Wikipedia: Revolutions per minute
Degree Per Second conversion chart
1 degree per second expressed in every other frequency unit:
| Unit | 1 degree per second |
|---|---|
| Hertz | 0.002777777778 |
| Kilohertz | 0.000002777777778 |
| Megahertz | 2.777777778×10⁻⁹ |
| Gigahertz | 2.777777778×10⁻¹² |
| Revolutions Per Minute | 0.1666666667 |
| Beats Per Minute | 0.1666666667 |
| Terahertz | 2.777777778×10⁻¹⁵ |
| Millihertz | 2.777777778 |
| Radians Per Second | 0.01745329252 |
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