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Hertz·ian waves (hert′sē ən, hʉrt′-)

radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor

Etymology: after Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, who discovered them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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