hertz
Nouns
- (n) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, Hz, cycle,
- (n) German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894) Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz,
- (n) German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975) Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz,