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}]