hertz

Other forms of hertz

plural

hertzes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hertz

What does hertz mean?

hertz means "the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hertz?

hertz has 1 syllable: hertz. In IPA it is /ˈhɛɹts/.

What is another word for hertz?

Close synonyms include Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hertz a common word?

hertz is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.