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English
Etymology
From 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
Translations
of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz or his work