Hertz (disambiguation)
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Hertz may refer to:
- Hertz, the SI unit of frequency (cycles per second)
- 2600 hertz, the frequency that AT&T formerly put as a steady signal on any long-distance telephone line that was not currently in use
- Hertz (crater), a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon
- Hertz horn, a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy ships or submarines
- Hertz contact stress, a description of the stress within mating parts
- Hertz Foundation, an American non-profit organization that awards fellowships to Ph.D. students
- Hertz Corporation, a rent-a-car / equipmental rental company
- Hertz doctrine, a set of foreign policy guidelines first unveiled by President George W. Bush in 2002
- Franck-Hertz experiment
- Hertz Bay Hill Classic
- Heinrich-Hertz-Turm, a radio telecommunication tower and a famous landmark of Hamburg
- Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope
- Hertzian cone, a cone of force that propagates through a brittle, amorphous or cryptocrystalline solid material from a point of impact
- Fort Hertz, a remote British Military outpost in North Eastern Burma
Hertz is the surname of:
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894), physicist, German radio pioneer
- Alfred Hertz (1872-1942), conductor
- Arne Hertz, a famous Swedish co-driver in motor rallying
- Eleonora Hertz Poznanski, see also Izrael Poznański
- Gustav Hertz (1887-1975), German Nobel laureate physicist (Jewish Christian)
- Carl Hellmuth Hertz, medical researcher, son of Gustav Hertz
- Henrik Hertz (born Heymann Hertz), Danish playwright, poet
- John Hertz (fan) - Hugo Awardnominee
- John D. Hertz, founder of Yellow Cab, Hertz car rental, racehorse breeder
- Dr. Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz, Hungary-born chief Rabbi of British Empire
- Rabbi Naftali Hertz Ben Ya’acov Elchanon
- Noreena Hertz, English economist
- Robert Hertz (1881-1915), French sociologist
- Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz (1835-1902), writer, Germanist
[edit] Fictional characters
- Suzanne Hertz, a character from Code Lyoko.
[edit] See also
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