hertz

(symbol: Hz) n. the unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second. [Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894), German physicist]

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prefix

n. in linguistics, a morpheme that is added to the beginning of a word to create a derived form, such as un- in unlikely or ex- in ex-wife. See affixation; infix; suffix.