Hertz (disambiguation)
Appearance
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The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI derived unit of frequency.
Hertz may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Hertz (name), a German surname that has also been used as a given name.
- Heinrich Hertz, (1857–1894), German physicist after whom the unit of frequency was named
- Gustav Hertz (1887–1975), German experimental physicist (see Franck–Hertz experiment)
Places
[edit]- 16761 Hertz, a minor planet
- Hertz (crater), on Moon
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- "Hertz", a song by Amyl and the Sniffers from their 2021 album Comfort to Me
- "Hertz", a song by Eden from his 2020 album No Future
- Pierre Jerksten, a Swedish disc jockey, working under the alias Hertz.
Companies and organizations
[edit]- The Hertz Corporation, American car and equipment rental company
- Hertz Foundation, charitable scholarship foundation for science education in Livermore, California
See also
[edit]- Herz (disambiguation)
- Hurts (disambiguation)
- 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, one of the four electric transmission operators in Germany
- Franck–Hertz experiment, a fundamental experiment in quantum physics
- Herts, an abbreviation of Hertfordshire