Hertzian /(?)/
Hertz·i·an
Hertzian
a.
- 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.