hertz
['hә:ts]
n. 赫, 赫兹

[] 赫兹

[] 赫; 赫兹

[医] 赫[兹], 每周数(振次单位)



hertz
[ noun ]

1. the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second

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

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3. German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)

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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.
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