How to pronounce hertz
American English pronunciation
HURTS
- IPA
- /ˈhɝts/
- Syllables
- HURTS (1 syllable)
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What hertz means
A unit of frequency, one wave or cycle each second
In a sentence: The tuning fork buzzed 440 times every second, so its note was 440 hertz.
Where it comes from: It's named after Heinrich Hertz, a German scientist who studied radio waves.
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