Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hertzian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: hertzian
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work.

adj

Alternative form of Hertzian.

Example Sentences

"Hertzian contact stress"
"Hertzian wave"
"Physicists find themselves called in to deal with such varied problems as the reduction of noise in diesel railcars, investigation of the Hertzian stresses set up by wheel-rail contact and improvement of the insulation of fish and banana vans."

Etymology

From Hertz + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Hertz

Inflected Forms

more Hertzian (comparative) most Hertzian (superlative)

Phrases

Hertzian antenna Hertzian cone Hertzian contact stress Hertzian dipole Hertzian telegraphy Hertzian wave Hertzian wave telegraphy

Questions

What does hertzian mean?: Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work.
Where does hertzian come from?: From Hertz + -ian.

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