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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



... in my eyes had the German Jew who lodged with us—the contractor, Herr Hertz Hertzenhertz, when he spoke Yiddish, went about without a cap, had no beard or earlocks, and had his coat-tails cut off? I ask you how I could have helped laughing into his face, when that Jewish-Gentile, or Gentilish-Jew talked to me in Yiddish, but in a curious ...
— Jewish Children • Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich


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