Hertzian

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Etymology

From Hertz +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Hertzian (comparative more Hertzian, superlative most Hertzian)

  1. (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.

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