hertzian

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Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective hertzian has 1 sense

hertzian(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work; "Hertzian discoveries"

Derived form noun

hertz₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hertzian, a.

Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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.