Hertzian
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to Heinrich Hertz and his work.
"Hertzian contact stress"
- 2 Alternative form of Hertzian. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Hertz + -ian.