Found 2 items, similar to Hertz.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Hertz Hertz n 1: the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second [syn: Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle] 2: German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894) [syn: 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) [syn: Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hertz Hertz \Hertz\, n. [from the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.] 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. [PJC]