hertzian

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hertzian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]

hertzian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hertzian
      adj 1: of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his
             work; "Hertzian discoveries"