hertz

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hertz BrE [hɜːts] NAmE [hɜːrts] noun (pl. hertz)(abbr.Hz)
a unit for measuring the ↑frequency of sound waves

Word Origin:
[hertz] late 19th cent.: named after H. R. Hertz (1857-94), the German physicist and pioneer of radio communication.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Hertz, Gustav Hertz, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Heinrich Hertz, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle