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A measurement for sound frequency, the less hertz, the less high pitched, the more hertz, the more high pitched. The average hearing range in hertz is 20 to 20,000 hertz, but it varies due to age, the younger you are, the more you hear. Most animals have a larger hearing range to us.
Little kid: Ow, can you hear that sound with lots of hertz? Its really painful!

Old man: Nope, can't hear anything, there is no sound with lots of hertz.
hertz by ~N3RD~ March 13, 2014
Urban Dictionary Merch
Hertz is a unit of frequency (of change in state or cycle in a sound wave, alternating current, or other cyclical waveform) of one cycle per second. It replaces the earlier term of "cycle per second (cps)."In acoustic sound, the range of human hearing is from 0 Hz to roughly 20 kHz (depending on many factors, including age and how loud the drummer in your high school rock band played!). The pitch of Middle C on a piano is 263 Hz. Hertz is also used frequently when describing the individual bands of an audio equalizer. To make that Middle C louder, you could boost other frequencies to around 263 Hz with an equalizer.

The unit of measure is named after Heinrich Hertz, German physicist.
P1: ey that hertz !
Hertz by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd April 18, 2019

Hertz Donut 

Several sharp, quick punches to a persons upper arm. Meant to sound like hurts, don't it?
That Hertz Donut numbed my muscle.
Hertz Donut by Dead Deer July 7, 2006

Hertz Donut 

A common school prank, used as the subject of a mostly nonsensical joke in Cory McAbee's film 'The American Astronaut'.
"When he asked the boy if he would like a Hertz Donut, the boy said 'Not if you're gonna stab me in the eye with a pencil'. 'I wouldn't even touch ya', said Mr Stevenson.

"So when the boy agreed, he presented him with a photograph of the young man's fiancée at a bachelor party, on some guy's table, fuckin' herself with a beer bottle.

"As tears filled the young man's eyes, Mr Stevenson was heard to say 'Hertz donut'"
Hertz Donut by MrBoyt February 28, 2010

hertz_vr 

Hertz_vr is a Gorilla Tag player. Hertz_vr makes little short videos on TikTok on Gorilla Tag. Hertz_vr has over 1,000 followers on TikTok.
"Yo it's hertz_vr, can I meet him?"
"Leave guys hertz_vr is in the server."
"How can hertz_vr free branch so good?"
hertz_vr by Hertz Vr February 25, 2022

hertz to hertz 

the distinguished mood between two or more people when not only the emotions match but the frequencies, too
a heart to heart relation requires a hertz to hertz frequency match before all
hertz to hertz by kelamist March 13, 2022

Dick Hertz 

I swear, I don't know this guy!
If anyone knows, can someone tell me who's Dick Hertz???
Dick Hertz by I. M. Pseudonym May 28, 2004
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