plural hertz
: a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second
—abbreviation Hz
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Someone who is relaxed with eyes closed but not asleep produces alpha waves at around 10 hertz.
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
Furthermore, this stiffness only drops to 21 hertz when the roof panel is removed.
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Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
For example, alpha waves, with frequencies of 8 to 12 hertz, tend to appear during deep relaxation or sleep.
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Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
Previous intrinsically stretchable electronics were at best capable of 54 transistors and 14 logic gates per circuit, and operating speeds of only 330 hertz.
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
Everything’s got to be on that 60 hertz in the US, 50 hertz in other places.
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Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
The heartbeat of the grid — measured in hertz — also fell perilously low, according to the grid operator.
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Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
The electronics were quite simple: a microphone to pick up sound in the room, a bandpass filter in the range of 2,200 to 2,800 hertz (the typical range of a handclap), a few triode switches, and a microcontroller.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
After employing computer simulations to figure out the exact combination of spheres to use, the team vibrated the box of spheres at 120 hertz for 170 hours.
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Heinrich R. Hertz
First Known Use
circa 1928, in the meaning defined above
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“Hertz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hertz. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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Hertz
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Heinrich Rudolf 1857–1894 German physicist
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