hertz

Plural: hertz, hertzes

Noun

• The SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second.
• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
• German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
• German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
• In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

Examples

• The speed of his Scrabble plays sometimes felt measured in HERTZ, he was so quick.

Synonyms

cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Hz