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HERTZIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hertzian mean?
• HERTZIAN (adjective)
The adjective HERTZIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work
Familiarity information: HERTZIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Hertzian discoveries
Pertainym:
Hertz (German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975))
Derivation:
Hertz (German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894))
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