Hertz Definition

hûrts
noun
The basic unit of frequency in the SI system, equal to one cycle per second: abbrev. Hz.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
  • Heinrich Hertz
  • Gustav Ludwig Hertz
  • Gustav Hertz
  • cycle
  • cps
  • cycles/second
  • cycle per second
  • hz

Other Word Forms of Hertz

Noun

Singular:
hertz
Plural:
hertzes

Origin of Hertz

  • Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hertz Sentence Examples

  • Hertz then devised a wave detecting apparatus called a resonator.

  • The Hertz's had not been blessed with children and were adamant that they would love taking care of the twins.

  • All these older methods have, however, been thrown into the background and rendered antiquated by inventions which have grown out of Hertz's scientific investigations on the production of electric waves.

  • Modern German versions are by Simrock (very close to the original) and Hertz (freer, but with excellent notes and appendices); Eng.

  • The only way he could have known was by asking Mrs. Hertz.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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