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Meaning of Hertz in English
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/hərts/
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Noun
Hertz
Etymology
late 19th century: named after H. R. Hertz (see Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf)
Definitions
1.
the unit of frequency
Examples
« one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second »
2.
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
3.
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)