HERTZ
Scrabble letter values: H4E1R1T1Z10 = 17
Definition
- noun the unit of frequency. — synonyms: Hz, cycle_per_second, cycles/second, cps, cycle
- noun German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894). — synonyms: Heinrich_Hertz, Heinrich_Rudolph_Hertz
- 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)”