Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hertz"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hertz
n 1: the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of
one second [syn: {Hertz}, {Hz}, {cycle per second}, {cycles/second},
{cps}, {cycle}]
2: German physicist who was the first to produce
electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894) [syn: {Hertz},
{Heinrich Hertz}, {Heinrich Rudolph Hertz}]
3: German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence
of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr
(1887-1975) [syn: {Hertz}, {Gustav Hertz}, {Gustav Ludwig
Hertz}]
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