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English word origin

Etymology of hertz

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

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noun

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

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

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