Noun has 3 senses

• hertz(n = noun.time) cps, cycle, cycle per second, cycles/second, hz - the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second;



• hertz(n = noun.person) heinrich hertz, heinrich rudolph hertz - German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894);

Derived form adjective hertzian₁

• hertz(n = noun.person) gustav hertz, gustav ludwig hertz - German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975);