The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hertzian \Hertz"i*an\, a. Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
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.
Wikipedia
Hertzian may refer to:
- Hertzian dipole
- Hertzian cone
- Hertzian contact stress
Usage examples of "hertzian".
XV TELEGRAPHING WITHOUT WIRES The First Suggestion--Morse Sends Messages Through the Water--Trowbridge Telegraphs Through the Earth--Experiments of Preece and Heaviside in England--Edison Telegraphs from Moving Trains--Researches of Hertz Disclose the Hertzian Waves.
We also have electric waves, the waves of the alternating current, and shorter still we find the Hertzian waves, which are used in wireless.
Long Tom was familiar with the practical application of the Hertzian wave, or ray.
The rattling sound you heard was the hertzian wave effect caused by the spark at the spark-plug gap—.
A machine that generates an ultrashort wave, either of hertzian or sonic type, possibly of both.