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English noun: hertz | |||
| 1. | hertz (time) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second | ||
| Synonyms | cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, Hz | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rate | ||
| Part meronym | kc, kHz, kilocycle, kilocycle per second, kilohertz | ||
| 2. | Hertz (person) German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894) | ||
| Synonyms | Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz | ||
| Instance hypernym | physicist | ||
| 3. | Hertz (person) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | nuclear physicist | ||
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