/hɜːts/, /hɜːs/, /hɝts/
OriginNamed after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.
“Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator opera”
- alt-of, uncountableAlternative letter-case form of hertz (“Hz”).
Formshertz(plural) · hertzes(plural)