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HERTZ

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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; Hertz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

Synonyms:

Heinrich Hertz; Heinrich Rudolph Hertz; Hertz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

Derivation:

Hertzian (of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

Synonyms:

cps; cycle; cycle per second; cycles/second; hertz; Hz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("hertz" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Holonyms ("hertz" is a part of...):

kc; kHz; kilocycle; kilocycle per second; kilohertz (one thousand periods per second)

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