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What does hertz mean?

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Noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz
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Most pneumatic isolators operate effectively above several hertz, but at their natural frequency they actually provide some amplification.
A gravity wave with a frequency of 1,000 hertz, for example, spans nearly 200 miles from peak to peak.
And he actually employed a 27 hertz frequency through the first part of the film to induce unease.
And the dog whistles are usually in the vicinity of about 40,000 hertz, which is, you know, out of our hearing range but well within the dog's hearing range.
At random times the program changed the dot's frequency up or down by up to a few tenths of a hertz.
The sounds and charges transmit in the low frequency range of 20 hertz, which is barely audible to the human ear.

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