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Hertzian
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English
Etymology
From en Hertz ian.
Adjective
en mathematics Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work.
Hertzian contact stress
Hertzian wave
en 1961 February R. K. Evans The role of research on British Railways Trains Illustrated 95 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.
Derived terms
en Hertzian antenna Hertzian cone Hertzian contact stress Hertzian dipole Hertzian telegraphy Hertzian wave Hertzian wave telegraphy
Translations
of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz or his work
Catalan: ca hertzià
French: fr hertzien
Galician: gl hertziano
Italian: it hertziano
Portuguese: pt hertziano
Spanish: es herciano, es hertziano
en eponyms