"hartley" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hartleys [plural]
Etymology: Named after Ralph Hartley (1888–1970), electronics researcher. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hartley (plural hartleys)
  1. A unit of information (symbol Hart) representing the information content of an event if the probability of that event occurring is 1/10. It is therefore equal to the information contained in one decimal digit Wikipedia link: Ralph Hartley Categories (topical): Units of measure Derived forms: decihartley

Inflected forms

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