Hertzian

Hertzian

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1. adj. of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work Source: wordnet
2. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Hertzian telegraphy, telegraphy by means of the Hertzian waves; wireless telegraphy. -- H. waves, electric waves; -- so called because Hertz was the first to investigate them systematically. His apparatus consisted essentially in an oscillator for producing the waves, and a resonator for detecting them. The waves were found to have the same velocity as light, and to undergo reflection, refraction, and polarization. Source: webster
3. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Source: adambom
4. a of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work Source: ecdict

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