1. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
   "The human ear can typically hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz";
   - Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle, cycles per second

1. German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
   - Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
    
2. German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
   - Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Sounds like: hike, haik, haertz, h

Derived forms: hertzes

Type of: nuclear physicist, physicist, rate

Part of: kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertz

Encyclopedia: Hertz, Martin