Definition of Hertzean
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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