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Hertz

Pronunciation:  hurts

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Matching Terms:  hert, herte, hertely, hertfordshire, hertha, hertzian, hertzian wave

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
  2. [n]  German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
  3. [n]  the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second
 
 Synonyms: cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Hz
 
 See Also: kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertz, nuclear physicist, physicist, rate

 

 

 

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