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Definition of Hertz
1. Noun. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second.
Group relationships: Kc, Khz, Kilocycle, Kilocycle Per Second, Kilohertz
Generic synonyms: Rate
2. Noun. German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894).
Generic synonyms: Physicist
Derivative terms: Hertzian
3. Noun. German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975).
Definition of Hertz
1. Noun. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hertz
1. a unit of frequency [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Hertz
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hertz
Literary usage of Hertz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Continuing the line of Denmark's literary men of the first rank came hertz, whose
career at the outset had — temporarily-—a direct connection with Baggesen. ..."
2. Hermann Von Helmholtz by Leo Koenigsberger (1906)
"In December, 1886, hertz sent Helmholtz the continuation of the experiments ...
In a letter from Karlsruhe, hertz remarks: ' I take this opportunity of ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"It was hertz who put his stamp on the romantic drama of the country, and he has
the distinction of having influenced Ibsen more directly than any other ..."
4. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"HENRIK hertz (1798-1870) IHE literary activity of Henrik hertz falls within ...
Continuing the line of Denmark's literary men of the first rank came hertz, ..."
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