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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hertzian

· Hertz·i·an · IPA
01 a. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
  1. 1.
    Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
Phrases & compounds
Hertzian telegraphy — telegraphy by means of the Hertzian waves; wireless telegraphy.
H. waves — electric waves; -- so called because Hertz was the first to investigate them systematically. His apparatus consisted essentially in an oscillator for producing the waves, and a resonator for detecting them. The waves were found to have the same velocity as light, and to undergo reflection, refraction, and polarization.