In honor of Hertz, what does the unit'hertz' measure?
Energy
Power
Frequency
Intensity
Answer
Hertz (Hz) measures frequency, which is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is named after Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist who made significant contributions to the study of electromagnetic radiation. The hertz is a derived unit in the International System of Units (SI), defined as one cycle per second.
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