Hertzian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hertzian \Hertz"i*an\, a.
     Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {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 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hertzian
       adj : of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work;
             "Hertzian discoveries"