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hertz
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hertz has 3 senses
- hertz(n = noun.time) cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hz - the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second; Array is a part of kc, khz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertz
- hertz(n = noun.person) heinrich hertz, heinrich rudolph hertz - German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894); Array is a kind of physicist
- hertz(n = noun.person) gustav hertz, gustav ludwig hertz - German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975); Array is a kind of nuclear physicist
is a kind of rate
Derived form adjective hertzian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hertz, n. [from the German physicist Heinrich Hertz .].
a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second; it is abbreviated Hz. It is commonly used to specify the frequency of radio waves, and also the clock frequencies in digital computers. For these applications, kilohertz and megahertz are the most commonly used units, derived from hertz. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hertz, n. (pl. same) the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second.
Usage
Abbr.: Hz.
Etymology
H. R. Hertz, Ger. physicist d. 1894
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