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hertz

Pronunciation: /hɜːts/

The English word “hertz” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).

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