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hertz
Audio Help [hurts] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [hurts] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural hertz, hertz·es.
| the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second. Abbreviation: Hz |
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Hertz
Audio Help [hurts, hairts; Ger. herts] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [hurts, hairts; Ger. herts] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Gu·stav
Audio Help [goo s-tahf] Pronunciation Key, 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel prize 1925. |
| 2. | Hein·rich Ru·dolph
Audio Help [hahyn-rikh roo-dawlf] Pronunciation Key, 1857–94, German physicist. |
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| hertz
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n. pl. hertz Abbr. Hz A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second. See Table at measurement. [After Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.] |
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| Hertz
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German physicist who was the first to produce radio waves artificially. |
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Hertz
unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second, 1928, in ref. to Ger. physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-94).
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| hertz | |
noun | |
| 1. | the unit of frequency; 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) |
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hertz [həːts] noun — plural hertz
(often abbreviated to Hz when written) a unit of frequency used of radio waves etc
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hertz
Audio Help (hûrts) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) The SI derived unit used to measure the frequency of vibrations and waves, such as sound waves and electromagnetic waves. One hertz is equal to one cycle per second. The hertz is named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894). |
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hertz [(hurts)]
The international unit of frequency: one cycle per second. The abbreviation for hertz is Hz.
Note: Household current in the United States is sixty hertz.
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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hertz (hûrts)
n. pl. hertz
Abbr. Hz
- A unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
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Main Entry: hertz
Pronunciation: 'h&rts, 'herts
Function: noun
: a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second —abbreviation Hz
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