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FREQUENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number of occurrences within a given time period
Example:
the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
Synonyms:
frequence; frequency; oftenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("frequence" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frequence"):
audio; audio frequency (an audible acoustic wave frequency)
radio frequency (an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared)
infrared; infrared frequency (the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range)
wave number (the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave)
attendance (the frequency with which a person is present)
count per minute; counts/minute (frequency per minute)
sampling frequency ((telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal)
Derivation:
frequent (frequently encountered)
frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)
