Hertzian

English

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.

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)