Definition of HERTZ

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun On a monitor, hertz (Hz) refers to how many times per second the display refreshes itself. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "CES Editors’ Choice Awards: The Most Exciting Tech for 2020," 9 Jan. 2020 This sound is likely infrasound, a category of sounds lower than 20 hertz that are inaudible to humans. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "So What Is This Secretive Chinese Sonic Weapon Exactly?," 25 Sep. 2019 For example, middle C, or C4, is 261.63 hertz, while C5, one octave up, is 523.25 hertz. — Quanta Magazine, "Perceptions of Musical Octaves Are Learned, Not Wired in the Brain," 30 Oct. 2019 Frequencies that are notes – 440 hertz is an A, 196 is a G. The biggest thing is getting that tone really fat. — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "The story behind The Black Crowes’ Alabama-made guitar," 31 Oct. 2013 All across the United States, the power grid operates at 60 hertz, its innumerable tributaries of alternating current synchronizing of their own accord. — Wired, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019 All across the United States, the power grid operates at 60 hertz, its innumerable tributaries of alternating current synchronizing of their own accord. — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019 All across the United States, the power grid operates at 60 hertz, its innumerable tributaries of alternating current synchronizing of their own accord. — Wired, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019 All across the United States, the power grid operates at 60 hertz, its innumerable tributaries of alternating current synchronizing of their own accord. — Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, "The Math of How Crickets, Starlings, and Neurons Sync Up," 7 Apr. 2019

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“Hertz.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hertz. Accessed 25 January 2020.

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