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Hertz n. A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second; it is abbreviated Hz. It is commonly used to specify the frequency of radio waves, and also the clock frequencies in digital computers. For these applications, kilohertz and megahertz are the most commonly used units, derived from hertz.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... 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

Words linked to "Hertz" : Hertzian, physicist, nuclear physicist, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Gustav Hertz, kHz, cycle per second, Hz, rate, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, kc, cycle, kilocycle per second, cps, kilohertz, kilocycle, cycles/second