Hertzian

English

Etymology

Hertz +‎ -ian

Adjective

Hertzian (comparative more Hertzian, superlative most Hertzian)

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work.
Hertzian contact stress

Hertzian wave
- 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 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

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

French: hertzien (fr)
Galician: hertziano (gl)
Italian: hertziano (it)

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