Synonyms for hertz

Noun

1. Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle, rate

usage: the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second

2. Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, physicist

usage: German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)

3. Hertz, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, nuclear physicist

usage: German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)