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–noun, plural hertz, hertz·es.

the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second. Abbreviation: Hz

[Origin: 1925–30; named after H. R. Hertz

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Hertz

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–noun

1.	Gu·stav Audio Help [goos-tahf] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel prize 1925.

2.	Hein·rich Ru·dolph Audio Help [hahyn-rikh roo-dawlf] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1857–94, German physicist.

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Hertz·i·an

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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 Audio Help (hûrts, hěrts) Pronunciation Key
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

Arabic:	هيرْتز: وِحْدَة التردُّد
Chinese (Simplified):	赫兹
Chinese (Traditional):	赫茲
Czech:	hertz
Danish:	hertz
Dutch:	hertz
Estonian:	herts
Finnish:	hertsi
French:	hertz
German:	Hertz
Greek:	χερτς (μονάδα συχνότητας)
Hungarian:	hertz
Icelandic:	(eitt) rið
Indonesian:	hertz

Italian:	hertz
Japanese:	ヘルツ
Latvian:	hercs
Lithuanian:	hercas
Norwegian:	hertz
Polish:	herc
Portuguese (Brazil):	hertz
Russian:	герц
Slovak:	hertz
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Spanish:	hertz, hercio
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Turkish:	hertz, frekans birimi

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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).