plural hertz
: a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second
—abbreviation Hz
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At the root of the therapy, sound frequency is defined as the number of times per second that a sound pressure wave repeats itself, and the standard measure of frequency is a hertz (with one hertz equaling one vibration per second).
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Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 11 July 2024
The the solid gold case, still in the Grand Seiko Style, houses a high-beat automatic movement running at 10 hertz (36,000 vibrations per hour).
—David Flett, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
The main beat was always two hertz, or roughly two events per second.
—Anna Von Hopffgarten, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2024
Soviet electrical equipment, meanwhile, was incompatible with the Cuban electricity supply, which operated on the North American standard of 120 volts and 60 hertz.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
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Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 11 July 2024
The the solid gold case, still in the Grand Seiko Style, houses a high-beat automatic movement running at 10 hertz (36,000 vibrations per hour).
—David Flett, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
The main beat was always two hertz, or roughly two events per second.
—Anna Von Hopffgarten, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2024
Soviet electrical equipment, meanwhile, was incompatible with the Cuban electricity supply, which operated on the North American standard of 120 volts and 60 hertz.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2023
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Heinrich Rudolf 1857–1894 German physicist
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