Hertz waves

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• Hertz: Der Vater der Funktechnik —   Im Herbst des Jahres 1886 machte Heinrich Hertz, der 29 jährige Professor für Physik an der Technischen Hochschule in Karlsruhe, in seinem Laboratorium eine folgenreiche Beobachtung. Bei Experimenten mit Drahtspulen, deren Wicklungen von einer… …   Universal-Lexikon

• hertz — [hə:ts US hə:rts] n plural hertz written abbreviation Hz [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Heinrich Hertz (1857 94), German scientist who worked on energy waves] a unit for measuring the ↑frequency of ↑sound waves …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• HERTZ, GUSTAV — (1887–1975), German physicist and Nobel Prize winner, son of a Jewish father. Born in Hamburg, he became an assistant in the Physical Institute at Berlin in 1913.   He was severely wounded in World War I, and subsequently worked at Eindhoven in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• hertz — [ hɜrts ] (plural hertz) noun count a unit for measuring sound and radio waves …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Hertz,Heinrich Rudolf — Hertz (hûrts, hĕrts), Heinrich Rudolf. 1857 1894. German physicist who was the first to produce radio waves artificially. * * * …   Universalium

• Hertz , Heinrich Rudolf — (1857–1894) German physicist Hertz came from a prosperous and cultured Hamburg family. In 1875 he went to Frankfurt to gain practical experience in engineering and after a year of military service (1876–77) spent a year at the University of… …   Scientists

• Hertz — This article is about the unit of frequency. For the rental car company, see The Hertz Corporation. For other uses, see Hertz (disambiguation). MHz and MHZ redirect here. For other uses, see MHZ (disambiguation). Hz redirects here. For other uses …   Wikipedia

• hertz — (Hz)    the SI unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second. The hertz is used to measure the rates of events that happen periodically in a fixed and definite cycle; the becquerel, also equal to one event per second, is used to measure the… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Hertz — F/A/V 1. Unit for measuring frequency of d signal; formerly called cycles per second. 2. cycles per second of an electrical signal. WikiV The standard unit for measuring frequency. One hertz (abbreviated Hz) equals one cycle per second. It is… …   Audio and video glossary

• hertz — UK [hɜː(r)ts] / US [hɜrts] noun [countable] Word forms hertz : singular hertz plural hertz physics a unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves and radio waves …   English dictionary