hertz
noun/hɜːts/
/hɜːrts/
(plural hertz)
(abbreviation Hz)
- a unit for measuring the frequency of sound wavesTopics Maths and measurementc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after H. R. Hertz (1857-94), the German physicist and pioneer of radio communication.
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