hz

Other forms of hz

plural

hzes·

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 hz

What does hz mean?

hz means "the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)".

How many syllables are in hz?

hz has 1 syllable: hz. In IPA it is /ˈhɝtz/.

What is another word for hz?

Close synonyms include hertz, 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 hz a common word?

hz 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.