Hertz — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɔɪzɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɜːts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɜːts/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈɔɪzɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Gustav Ludwig Hertz Heinrich Hertz Heinrich Rudolph Hertz Hz cycle Gustav Hertz cps cycle per second cycles/second

Word Forms

Hertzian

adjective

of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

hercios

la unidad de frecuencia; un hercio tiene un intervalo periódico de un segundo

🇷🇺Russian

герц

единица частоты; один герц имеет периодический интервал в одну секунду

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हेटर्स

आवृत्ति की इकाई; एक हर्ट्ज़ में एक सेकंड का आवधिक अंतराल होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

হার্টজ

ফ্রিকোয়েন্সি একক; এক হার্টজ একটি পর্যায়ক্রমিক ব্যবধান আছে এক সেকেন্ড

🇮🇳Tamil

ஹெர்ட்ஸ்

அதிர்வெண் அலகு; ஒரு ஹெர்ட்ஸ் ஒரு வினாடி கால இடைவெளியைக் கொண்டுள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

హెర్ట్జ్

ఫ్రీక్వెన్సీ యూనిట్; ఒక హెర్ట్జ్ ఒక సెకను ఆవర్తన విరామం కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

हर्ट्झ

वारंवारता एकक; एका हर्ट्झमध्ये एक सेकंदाचा नियतकालिक अंतर असतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

હર્ટ્ઝ

આવર્તનનું એકમ; એક હર્ટ્ઝમાં એક સેકન્ડનો સામયિક અંતરાલ હોય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹರ್ಟ್ಜ್

ಆವರ್ತನದ ಘಟಕ; ಒಂದು ಹರ್ಟ್ಜ್ ಒಂದು ಸೆಕೆಂಡಿನ ಆವರ್ತಕ ಮಧ್ಯಂತರವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹെർട്സ്

ആവൃത്തിയുടെ യൂണിറ്റ്; ഒരു ഹെർട്സിന് ഒരു സെക്കൻഡിൻ്റെ ആനുകാലിക ഇടവേളയുണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਰਟਜ਼

ਬਾਰੰਬਾਰਤਾ ਦੀ ਇਕਾਈ; ਇੱਕ ਹਰਟਜ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਸਕਿੰਟ ਦਾ ਅੰਤਰਾਲ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہرٹز

تعدد کی اکائی؛ ایک ہرٹز میں ایک سیکنڈ کا وقفہ ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

赫兹

频率单位；一赫兹有一秒的周期间隔

🇯🇵Japanese

ヘルツ

周波数の単位。 1 ヘルツには 1 秒の周期間隔があります

🇰🇷Korean

헤르츠

주파수 단위; 1헤르츠는 1초의 주기적인 간격을 가집니다.

🇹🇭Thai

เฮิรตซ์

หน่วยความถี่ หนึ่งเฮิรตซ์มีช่วงเวลาหนึ่งวินาที

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هيرتز

وحدة التردد هرتز واحد لديه فاصل دوري قدره ثانية واحدة

🇮🇷Persian

هرتز

واحد فرکانس؛ یک هرتز بازه تناوبی یک ثانیه دارد

🇮🇱Hebrew

הרץ

יחידת התדירות; להרץ אחד יש מרווח מחזורי של שנייה אחת

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