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Hertz   /hɛrts/  /hərts/   Listen
Hertz

noun
1.
The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second.  Synonyms: cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, Hz.
2.
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894).  Synonyms: Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz.
3.
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975).  Synonyms: Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz.



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"Hertz" Quotes from Famous Books



... Probably the great problem of getting at the secret of energy led him into his attempts to study the mysterious electrical waves radiated by lightning flashes; at any rate he was soon as deep into the subject of electrical science as his countryman, Hertz, had ever been. He used to tell me that he often wondered why he hadn't taken up this line before—the world of energy he now set out to explore, waves in that tremendous range between those we hear and those we see. ...
— The Mystery • Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams

... the production being too obvious to invite confidence in the opera. Simply for the sake of the integrity of the record mention is made that the production took place on March 11, 1903, that Alfred Hertz conducted, and that Mme. Gadski, Mme. Reuss-Belce, Georg Anthes, Mr. Bispham, Mr. Blass, and Mr. Mhlmann were concerned in the performance. The newcomers in Mr. Grau's forces were Mme. Reuss-Belce, Georg Anthes, Emil Gerhuser, Aloys Burgstaller, and the conductor of the German operas, Mr. ...
— Chapters of Opera • Henry Edward Krehbiel



Words linked to "Hertz" :   physicist, rate, nuclear physicist, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, kc, kHz



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