Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hertz

3 senses of hertz

Sense 1
hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle -- (the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second)
       => rate -- (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected")

Sense 2
Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz -- (German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 3
Hertz, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz -- (German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975))
       INSTANCE OF=> nuclear physicist -- (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)