hartley

See also: Hartley

English

Etymology

Named after Ralph Hartley (1888–1970), electronics researcher.

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

Derived terms

• decihartley

Anagrams

• earthly, hartely, heartly, hetaryl, lathery