Definition of Hertzian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work. "Hertzian discoveries"

Partainyms: Hertz
Derivative terms: Hertz

Definition of Hertzian

1. a. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.

Definition of Hertzian

1. Adjective. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to w:Heinrich Hertz Heinrich Hertz and his work. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hertzian

1. Attributed to or described by Heinrich R. Hertz. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hertzian

herships
hersillon
hersillons
hersir
hersirs
herstoric
herstorical
herstorically
herstories
herstory
hersum
herte
hertely
hertz
hertzes
hertzian (current term)
hertzian experiments
hery
herycano
herye
heryed
heryes
herying
herz hormone
herzenbergite
herzstoss
hes
hesher
heshers
hesitance

Literary usage of Hertzian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Advancing Front of Waves emitted by hertzian Oscillator. " The Advancing Front of the Train of Waves emitted by a Theoretical hertzian Oscillator. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"A New Receiver for hertzian Oscillations. By Professor GM MINCHIN, FRS About three years ago I constructed a receiver (' coherer') for electromagnet'c ..."

3. Light Visible and Invisible: A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal by Silvanus Phillips Thompson (1897)
"... refraction and polarisation of invisible infrared light—Discovery by Hertz of propagation of electric waves —hertzian waves are really gigantic waves of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"A Note on the Theory of Directive Antennae or Unsymmetrical hertzian Oscillators. By JA FLEMING, MA, D.Sc., FRS (Received March,—Read March 22,—Received in ..."

5. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by Sir John Ambrose Fleming (1906)
"By means of a kinematograph it is possible to throw on the screen a representation of the moving lines of electric force of a hertzian oscillator or Marconi ..."

6. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"The hertzian Oscillator.—In order to investigate the field in the neighbourhood of a simple dumb-bell oscillator Professor ..."

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