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Hertfordshire

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• Herts

  [hahr-ferd-sheer, -sher, hahrt-] /ˈhɑr fərdˌʃɪər, -ʃər, ˈhɑrt-/ noun 1. a county in SE England. 631 sq. mi. (1635 sq. km). /hɑːts/ abbreviation 1. Hertfordshire /ˈhɑːtfədˌʃɪə; -ʃə/ noun 1. a county of S England, bordering on Greater London in the south: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the northwest; largely agricultural; light industries, esp in […]

• Hertz

  [hurts] /hɜrts/ noun, plural hertz, hertzes. 1. the standard unit of frequency in the (SI), equal to one cycle per second. Abbreviation: Hz. [hurts, hairts; German herts] /hɜrts, hɛərts; German hɛrts/ noun 1. Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925. 2. Heinrich Rudolph [hahyn-rikh roo-dawlf] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈru dɔlf/ […]

• Hertz-effect

  noun, Physics. 1. the effect of ultraviolet radiation in lowering the sparking voltage across a spark gap: an example of photoelectric effect.

• Hertzian-wave

  noun, Physics. 1. an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz. noun 1. an electromagnetic wave with a frequency in the range from about 3 × 1010 hertz to about 1.5 × 105 hertz

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