• (Micro) pulse width (PW): time between the leading and trailing edges of a single pulse. The units are seconds. Depends on the energy of the beam.
• (Micro) pulse frequency (PF): is the number of pulses of a repeating signal in a specific time unit. The unit is Hz = s$^{-1}$.
• (Macro) pulse width (PW): time between the leading and trailing edges of a macro pulse. The units are seconds. Depends on the energy of the beam.
• (Macro) pulse frequency (PF): is the number of macro pulses of a repeating signal in a specific time unit. The unit is Hz = s$^{-1}$.
• Dose per (macro) pulse (DPP): the dose delivered in Gy divided by the number of (macro) pulses. It can be calculated from the dose rate and dose frequency $\rightarrow$ dose per pulse = dose rate/PF. For cyclotrons DPP = dose
• Number of (macro) pules: 1 for cyclotrons (quasi-continuous beam), variable for synchrocyclotron.

Definition used for the synchrocyclotron: