Frequency
['friːkw(ə)nsɪ] or ['frikwənsi]
Definition
(noun.) the number of observations in a given statistical category.
(noun.) the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations.
(noun.) the number of occurrences within a given time period; 'the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second'; 'the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older'.
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Definition
(n.) The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.
(n.) A crowd; a throng.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Oftenness, common occurrence.
Editor: Will
Examples
- He sought her presence more and more, and at last with a frequency that attested it had become to him an indispensable stimulus. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Repeat the entire process thrice daily, but diminish the frequency of the application if tenderness be produced. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- We are rejoiced for many goods, which, on account of their frequency, give us no pride. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If that did not happen, and if the belt was made taut suddenly, the armature burned out--which it did with disconcerting frequency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This measures the frequency of one circuit, and then the other circuit can be adjusted to give a corresponding wave length. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Any fork, no matter what its frequency, can force the surface of the table into vibration, and hence the sound of any fork will be intensified by contact with a table or box. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Results must be reported often--daily, or possibly with still greater frequency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Various electrical machines may be used for this purpose, the Holtz, or the Wimshurst glass plate machine, the Ruhmkorff, or induction coil, or even the high frequency transformer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The second of those remedies is the frequency and gaiety of public diversions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The interval between two notes is defined as the ratio of the frequencies; hence, the interval between C and D (do and re) is 288/256, or 9/8. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Any eight notes whose frequencies are in the ratio of 9/8, 5/4, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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