plural hertz
: a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second
—abbreviation Hz
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Like Meissner and Krause corpuscles, these sensors are tuned to vibration, but at much higher frequencies — as high as 1,000 hertz.
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Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
After a bit of trial and error, the team induced the cicadas to produce specific musical notes over more than three octaves, ranging from 27.5 hertz to 261.6 hertz.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
The alternating current going through power lines in the US cycles at a frequency of 60 hertz.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 26 Apr. 2025
The display is also limited to FHD+ resolution at 120 hertz, but realistically there’s no need to support more than that since most streaming services cap out at 1080P anyway.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
After a bit of trial and error, the team induced the cicadas to produce specific musical notes over more than three octaves, ranging from 27.5 hertz to 261.6 hertz.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
The alternating current going through power lines in the US cycles at a frequency of 60 hertz.
—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 26 Apr. 2025
The display is also limited to FHD+ resolution at 120 hertz, but realistically there’s no need to support more than that since most streaming services cap out at 1080P anyway.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Hertz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hertz. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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Heinrich Rudolf 1857–1894 German physicist
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