hertzian

1. 1.

   of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work

   “Hertzian discoveries”

Questions about hertzian

What does hertzian mean?

hertzian means "of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work".

How many syllables are in hertzian?

hertzian has 3 syllables and divides as hert-zi-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hertzian a common word?

hertzian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.