hertz
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1. hertz - Noun
2. Hertz - Proper noun
Meaning
the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975)
German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894)
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A bank-mandated reorganization team, led by John Hertz and Otto Kahn kept the company intact, and, miraculously, Zukor was kept on.
After investigation and a petition to the FCC, Part 12 was amended, in March 1956, to allow Amateur Radio Operators to use any shift that was less than 900 hertz.
A late agreement between Hertz and its lenders will buy the company time, but will it be enough?
A holding company controlled by Icahn, 84, held more than 55 million shares of Hertz as of the end of the first quarter, a roughly 39% stake, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1967: 196–222. p. 206. The monopole antenna reduced the frequency of the waves compared to the dipole antennas used by Hertz, and radiated vertically polarized radio waves which could travel longer distances.
Attempting to experimentally prove James Clerk Maxwell ' " A dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field " (1864), Hertz "generated electric waves using an electric circuit".