See Also: Hertz(medicine)
Hertz(dictionary)
hertz(dictionary)
Heinrich Hertz(medicine)
Hertz, Heinrich(medicine)
Hertz, Heinrich (Rudolf)(encyclopedia)

Hertz (iou)



Hertz noun. In sense 2 hertz, pl. same. L19.
[H. R. Hertz (1857-94), German physicist.]
Physics.
Hertz waves, = Hertzian waves below. obsolete exc. Hist. L19.
A unit of frequency (now in the SI) equal to one cycle per second. Abbreviation Hz. E20.
Hertzian adjective of or pertaining to Hertz or the phenomena discovered by him;
Hertzian waves (obsolete exc. Hist.), radio waves: L19.