frequency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frĕʹkwən-sē
ipa: /ˈfɹiːkwənsi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈfrɪkwənsi/
note: Indic
ipa: /frɪˈkwɛnsi/
Forms: form: frequencies
form: frequence
Etymology: From Latin frequentia, from frequens. By surface analysis, frequent + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: With growing confidence, the Viking’s raids increased in frequency.
text: The frequency of bus service has been improved from one every 15 to one every 12 minutes.
glosses: The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
examples: text: The FAQ addresses questions that come up with some frequency.
text: The frequency of the visits was what annoyed him.
glosses: The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
examples: text: The frequency of the musical note A above middle C is 440 oscillations per second.
text: The frequency of a wave is its velocity v divided by its wavelength #92;lambda: f#61;v#47;#92;lambda.
text: Broadcasting live at a frequency of 98.3 megahertz, we’re your rock alternative!
text: The frequency for electric power in the Americas is generally 60 Hz rather than 50.
text: […] the Plan incorporates in proper combination every available modern technique, including extensive electrification on the new standard high-voltage a.c. system at a frequency of 50 cycles; main-line diesel traction as a half-way house to electrification; lightweight diesel trains for secondary and branch services; and a smaller wagon fleet doing more work by the use of continuous brakes in conjunction with modernised terminals and marshalling yards.
ref: 1958 January 23, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:
text: 36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies.
ref: 1976, James Martin, Telecommunications and the Computer:
text: In this case, a band-pass filter using a range or window of frequencies is appropriate to isolate the frequency or the group of frequencies that characterize a specific cycle.
ref: 2015, Patrick R. Nicolas, Scala for Machine Learning, page 109:
glosses: The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
examples: text: And if you haven’t picked up on the gay frequencies in her lyrics, her wig choices, and her possible lesbian salutes? Maybe that’s because they weren’t meant for you. IYKYK.
ref: 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: A tone, character, mood, or vibe
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
Synonyms: sense: rate of occurrence
word: oftenness
word: commonness and Thesaurus:frequency
word: freq
word: frequency
Derived terms: angular frequency
audio frequency
beat frequency oscillator
bifrequency
cyclofrequency
dual-frequency
dual tone multi-frequency
eigenfrequency
equifrequency
extremely low frequency
frecency
frequency assignment
frequency channel
frequency distribution
frequency domain
frequency list
frequency modulation
frequency multiplier
frequency shift keying
frequency-shift keying
fundamental frequency
gyrofrequency
high-frequency
high frequency
high frequency gravitational wave
high-frequency gravitational wave
high-frequency trading
intermediate frequency
isofrequency
Larmor frequency
maximum usable frequency
midfrequency
monofrequency
multifrequency
overfrequency
Planck angular frequency
Planck frequency
radio-frequency
radio frequency
radio-frequency identification
radio frequency integrated circuit
relative frequency
sub-audio frequency
subfrequency
super high frequency
time and frequency transfer
time frequency adverbial
time-frequency analysis
time-frequency representation
trifrequency
ultra high frequency
ultra low frequency
underfrequency
unifrequency
very high frequency
Related terms: word: frequent
word: frequentative
word: frequenter
word: cadence
word: commonness
word: occurrence
word: periodicity
word: usual
word: common
word: rare
word: very rare
word: extremely rare
word: non-occurring
word: always
word: almost always
word: very often
word: usually
word: more often than not
word: as often as not
word: often
word: frequently
word: sometimes
word: occasionally
word: rarely
word: seldom
word: infrequently
word: very rarely
word: hardly ever
word: almost never
word: never
word: once
word: twice
word: thrice
word: three times
word: four times
word: five times
word: minutely
word: hourly
word: daily
word: weekly
word: biweekly
word: monthly
word: yearly
word: annual
word: biennial
word: centennial
word: centenary
word: millennial
word: decamillennial
word: once per second
word: once a second
word: once every second
word: once a minute
word: twice a day
word: annually
word: biennially
word: hertz
word: kilohertz
word: megahertz
word: gigahertz
word: rareness
word: rarity
word: period
word: time
word: rate
word: ratio
word: quantifier
word: unit of measure
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 136. Frequency
word: :Category:English frequency adverbs