hertz

noun

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

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

the unit of frequency

Roots

hertzhertz- · Eponym · Heinrich Hertz

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