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What does hertz mean?

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Noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz
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We see frequencies of hundreds of hertz, or hundreds of revolutions of the disk per second.
It was 1,660 hertz, in the range of frequencies expected to emanate from an exploding star.
And he actually employed a 27 hertz frequency through the first part of the film to induce unease.
The other instrument is sensitive to even lower frequencies, ranging from less than 0.1 to 400 hertz.
Different frequencies, measured in hertz, or cycles per second, indicate different levels and types of activities.
A gravity wave with a frequency of 1,000 hertz, for example, spans nearly 200 miles from peak to peak.

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