HERTZ

• (noun) 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

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

  synonyms : heinrich hertz , heinrich rudolph hertz

• (noun) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second

  synonyms : cps , cycle , cycle per second , cycles/second , hz

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