Define the word H waves"H waves" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Hertzian \Hertz"i*an\, a.
Of or pert. to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Hertzian telegraphy, telegraphy by means of the Hertzian
waves; wireless telegraphy.
H. waves, electric waves; -- so called because Hertz was
the first to investigate them systematically. His
apparatus consisted essentially in an oscillator for
producing the waves, and a resonator for detecting them.
The waves were found to have the same velocity as light,
and to undergo reflection, refraction, and polarization.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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