hertz
noun
the standard unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one cycle per second. Hz
Hertzian
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a word derived from
Hertz.
Example Sentences
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In the film industry, which is notorious for its nepotism, such Hertzian tactics were bound to stir up trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
The theoretical path of Tesla's waves were through the earth, not through the air as Hertzian waves go.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a magnificently flowery peroration, quite appropriately Latin in feeling, His Honor pictured me as a fearless forerunner, embarking courageously upon a limitless sea of Hertzian waves.
From Time Magazine Archive
These experiments were all made between ships of the British Royal Navy, furnished with Hertzian wave telegraphy apparatus on the Marconi system.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming
It remains, then, to consider some of the questions connected with practical Hertzian wave telegraphy and the problem of the limitation of communication.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming
