HERTZ

/hɜːs/ ► audio Scrabble 17 Words With Friends 16

Scrabble letter values: H4E1R1T1Z10 = 17

Definition

  1. noun the unit of frequency. — synonyms: Hz, cycle_per_second, cycles/second, cps, cycle
  2. noun German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894). — synonyms: Heinrich_Hertz, Heinrich_Rudolph_Hertz
  3. noun German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975). — synonyms: Gustav_Hertz, Gustav_Ludwig_Hertz

Examples

  • “one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)”

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