hertz

Noun

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

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one secondSynonyms: Hz cycle per second cycles/second cps cycle
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)Synonyms: Hertz Heinrich Hertz Heinrich Rudolph Hertz
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)Synonyms: Hertz Gustav Hertz Gustav Ludwig Hertz

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]