Definition of frequency in English:

frequency

nounPlural frequencies ˈfriːkw(ə)nsiˈfrikwənsi

1mass noun The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
an increase in the frequency of accidents due to increased overtime
Example sentencesExamples
- The next goal is to increase frequency, particularly at peak periods.
- These days they meet with increasing frequency.
- In fact in the first four weeks of December road traffic offences generally increased in frequency.
- Therefore, these mutations would not increase in frequency in the population.
- Alcohol may trigger attacks during the period headaches occur, so avoidance of all alcohol during these periods will reduce headache frequency.
- They recorded whether patients ever committed physical attacks during the observation period, but frequency and severity of violence were not recorded.
- As they moved, droplets of rain began to strike with ever increasing frequency.
- Headaches are common during childhood and become more common and increase in frequency during adolescence.
- The forecast is optimistic because of the expansion of the company's operations, increasing the flight frequency and the launch of new routes.
- Be even more wary if you are given a treatment plan that recommends daily visits that are gradually reduced in frequency over a period of several months.
- Rest periods and frequency should be the same as those for increasing muscular strength.
- Service south of Franklin will run at reduced frequency during that six-hour period.
- Now, scoring regularly for Wimbledon and playing with increasing frequency for Ireland, he may fulfil the potential he showed as a teenager.
- Those attacks may increase, both in frequency and intensity.
- Over time, symptomatic periods may increase in frequency and severity.
- Many scientists believe that the recent increase in hurricane frequency and intensity is due to global warming, which has raised sea temperatures.
- The frequency of landslides has increased in recent years with major slides occurring in 1993, 1995 and 2002.
- An allele that provides better immunity against parasites will increase in frequency within a population.
- Poch and Mannering found that the presence of a sight-distance restriction was found to significantly increase accident frequency.
- The floods which have devastated York with increasing frequency in recent years have traditionally been blamed on the rain - too much falling, too often.
1. 1.1 The fact or state of being frequent or happening often.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now they're trying to work out something where it won't happen with any kind of frequency.
  There are incidents where water supply may be affected for half an hour to an hour, but that is negligible as such incidents are of less frequency.
  I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these small plane crashes happen with numbing frequency.
  Only 52 per cent actually test their contingency plans with any frequency.
  They wouldn't be miracles if they happened with reliable frequency.
  These things seem to happen with alarming frequency these days.
  The fact that it happened with apparent frequency seems like an important detail on many levels.
  Secondly, and this happens with remarkable frequency, notwithstanding all the technology at his disposal, the video referee can get it wrong!
  Financial crises occur with frightening frequency.
  It happened with such frequency that the assistant referee seemed to get confused and gave some close decisions against Bafana.
  I took a few courses on statistics and understand how these things can happen, though they seemed to happen with such frequency that it seemed uncanny.
  I wish I could say that this was an isolated occurrence, but it seems to happen with distressing frequency.
  Yet it happens with terrible frequency, even thought it is a total ‘no no’.
  Laws changed with bewildering frequency, creating temporary advantages for people quick enough to spot them and draining wealth from the slow or unlucky.
  As most people are aware, this happens with almost reliable frequency in Namibia.
  Kids getting born covered in hair happens with some frequency, but they tend to shed it off pretty soon.
  That happens with great frequency in the system.
  It is interesting to ask, ‘why are these attacks happening with such frequency now?’
  Although such things do happen with too great frequency, cases of ‘benign neglect’ are far more common.
  But this has happened with enough frequency to blow away my disbelief.
  Synonyms
  rate of occurrence, commonness, frequentness, prevalence, incidence, amount
  rate of repetition, recurrence, repetition, persistence, regularity
  Statistics distribution
2The rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light)
different thicknesses of glass will absorb different frequencies of sound
Example sentencesExamples
- When the radio-wave frequency causing proton excitation is removed, the protons relax and return to their steady-state orientation.
- We know that electrons in any molecule can only absorb radiation at certain frequencies.
- The frequency of light emitted from atoms in an excited state is measured in emission spectroscopy.
- The frequency of gamma rays is far too high and that of radio waves is far too low to interact with these kinds of vibrations.
- Because laser light is made up of identical waves of the same frequency, it can travel long distances without scattering.
- A trifield meter measures the electromagnetic frequency in the space around it.
- Now, physicists in England have demonstrated a topsy-turvy Doppler shift in which a radio wave's frequency rises as the source recedes.
- Crucially, this also changes the frequency of the radio waves needed to flip the nucleus.
- Thus de Broglie supposed that matter might also be related to the frequency of waves.
- If ten waves are made per second, then the frequency is said to be ten cycles per second, written as 10 cps.
- The electromagnetic spectrum describes all matter as wave frequencies.
- That is, an infrared spectrum is a plot of the intensity of light absorbed as a function of the frequency of vibration.
- Whether this interference delays or advances the phase of the waves depends on the properties of the atom and the frequency of the wave.
- This can be induced by a microwave field with a frequency that corresponds to the transition between the two lowest atomic states.
- The Doppler effect is a change in the frequency of sound waves caused by moving objects.
- Thus, in order to calculate the vibrational frequencies and the rotational constants of a molecule all that is is needed is the input.
- Newton concluded that these forms of light vibrate at different frequencies.
- The answer, Zuckerwar explains, is that each one generates silent infrasound - long sound waves at a frequency below 20 hertz.
- We hear different sounds because of variations in the sound wave frequency.
- The frequency of this vibration is a function of the cut and shape of the crystal.
1. 2.1 The particular waveband at which radio signals are broadcast or transmitted.
  a radio station on a single AM radio frequency
  mass noun a coding sequence to ensure that everyone changes frequency in the correct manner
  Example sentencesExamples
  Prior to the establishment of the FCC, anybody with an antenna could send a radio signal on any frequency.
  When you enter a road, you set your radio to the assigned frequency and monitor the traffic.
  This is a measure of how well the antenna will ‘pull in’ a signal at a specific frequency.
  A carrier signal is a continuous signal of a fixed frequency.
  One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker.
  He turned around and adjusted the frequency on his portable radio.
  Suppose an FM radio station is assigned the broadcast frequency 100 MHz.
  After 147 minutes, scientists detected a 20Hz shift in the frequency of the carrier signal, indicating, perhaps, that the probe had landed.
  In full-duplex radio, the two transmitters use different frequencies, so both parties can talk at the same time.
  In addition, Moore said, several group leaders were communicating by radio on a frequency the LAPD could monitor.
  Transmitting on the frequency 100.9, the station devotes 60 per cent of its airtime to programmes in Tonga while the rest are in English.
  New technology is allowing radio stations to offer digital and analog signals on the same frequency.
  This is due in part to the fact that VOA is broadcast only on short-wave frequencies.
  What started with two women has grown to a network of six women who keep at least two radios on the same frequency at night.
  Or we can listen to them through radio transmission on a special frequency that's unique for each airport.
  All FM radio stations transmit in a band of frequencies between 88 megahertz and 108 megahertz.
  Pulses represent any celestial radio signal of a fixed frequency that is distinguishable above the background noise.
  In short, it plugs into a headphones jack and transmits the signal over an FM frequency you choose.
  Finally, he tuned his suit's radio to the frequency listed on the cover of the transmitter.
  Radio waves have different frequencies, and by tuning a radio receiver to a specific frequency you can pick up a specific signal.

Origin

Mid 16th century (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- 'crowded, frequent'.

Definition of frequency in US English:

frequency

nounˈfrēkwənsēˈfrikwənsi

1The rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
shops have closed with increasing frequency during the period
Example sentencesExamples
- They recorded whether patients ever committed physical attacks during the observation period, but frequency and severity of violence were not recorded.
- Rest periods and frequency should be the same as those for increasing muscular strength.
- Service south of Franklin will run at reduced frequency during that six-hour period.
- Alcohol may trigger attacks during the period headaches occur, so avoidance of all alcohol during these periods will reduce headache frequency.
- In fact in the first four weeks of December road traffic offences generally increased in frequency.
- Poch and Mannering found that the presence of a sight-distance restriction was found to significantly increase accident frequency.
- Therefore, these mutations would not increase in frequency in the population.
- Many scientists believe that the recent increase in hurricane frequency and intensity is due to global warming, which has raised sea temperatures.
- An allele that provides better immunity against parasites will increase in frequency within a population.
- Headaches are common during childhood and become more common and increase in frequency during adolescence.
- Over time, symptomatic periods may increase in frequency and severity.
- The next goal is to increase frequency, particularly at peak periods.
- Now, scoring regularly for Wimbledon and playing with increasing frequency for Ireland, he may fulfil the potential he showed as a teenager.
- Be even more wary if you are given a treatment plan that recommends daily visits that are gradually reduced in frequency over a period of several months.
- As they moved, droplets of rain began to strike with ever increasing frequency.
- The floods which have devastated York with increasing frequency in recent years have traditionally been blamed on the rain - too much falling, too often.
- These days they meet with increasing frequency.
- Those attacks may increase, both in frequency and intensity.
- The forecast is optimistic because of the expansion of the company's operations, increasing the flight frequency and the launch of new routes.
- The frequency of landslides has increased in recent years with major slides occurring in 1993, 1995 and 2002.
1. 1.1 The fact of being frequent or happening often.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I took a few courses on statistics and understand how these things can happen, though they seemed to happen with such frequency that it seemed uncanny.
  Yet it happens with terrible frequency, even thought it is a total ‘no no’.
  Financial crises occur with frightening frequency.
  Only 52 per cent actually test their contingency plans with any frequency.
  As most people are aware, this happens with almost reliable frequency in Namibia.
  Although such things do happen with too great frequency, cases of ‘benign neglect’ are far more common.
  They wouldn't be miracles if they happened with reliable frequency.
  Now they're trying to work out something where it won't happen with any kind of frequency.
  Kids getting born covered in hair happens with some frequency, but they tend to shed it off pretty soon.
  Secondly, and this happens with remarkable frequency, notwithstanding all the technology at his disposal, the video referee can get it wrong!
  I wish I could say that this was an isolated occurrence, but it seems to happen with distressing frequency.
  I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these small plane crashes happen with numbing frequency.
  There are incidents where water supply may be affected for half an hour to an hour, but that is negligible as such incidents are of less frequency.
  It happened with such frequency that the assistant referee seemed to get confused and gave some close decisions against Bafana.
  The fact that it happened with apparent frequency seems like an important detail on many levels.
  Laws changed with bewildering frequency, creating temporary advantages for people quick enough to spot them and draining wealth from the slow or unlucky.
  These things seem to happen with alarming frequency these days.
  That happens with great frequency in the system.
  But this has happened with enough frequency to blow away my disbelief.
  It is interesting to ask, ‘why are these attacks happening with such frequency now?’
  Synonyms
  rate of occurrence, commonness, frequentness, prevalence, incidence, amount
2. 1.2Statistics The ratio of the number of actual to possible occurrences of an event.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bird occurrence data were summarized as frequency of occurrence of bird species in each category of observation, by type of observation period.
  The bar graphs represent the ratios of the frequency of individual events in the mutants relative to that of wild-type cells.
  Adverse events reported with the frequency of 10% or more at 6 months are listed in Table 3.
  We also plot the ratio of observed-to-expected frequency for each interval.
  The aim of induction is to find series of events whose frequency of occurrence converges toward a limit.
3. 1.3Statistics The (relative) number of times something occurs in a given sample.
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the population level, offspring sex ratio did not appear to be adjusted in response to the relative frequency of adult males or females in the breeding population.
  The frequency of respiring colonies relative to viable colonies was determined after growth at 30° for 3 days.
  The relative frequency of individual display types is described below after the display descriptions.
  Relative basal area, relative frequency and relative density were used to calculate tree canopy importance values.
  Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance.
2The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured per second.
Example sentencesExamples
- The frequency of gamma rays is far too high and that of radio waves is far too low to interact with these kinds of vibrations.
- When the radio-wave frequency causing proton excitation is removed, the protons relax and return to their steady-state orientation.
- Crucially, this also changes the frequency of the radio waves needed to flip the nucleus.
- Newton concluded that these forms of light vibrate at different frequencies.
- The frequency of light emitted from atoms in an excited state is measured in emission spectroscopy.
- We know that electrons in any molecule can only absorb radiation at certain frequencies.
- Because laser light is made up of identical waves of the same frequency, it can travel long distances without scattering.
- This can be induced by a microwave field with a frequency that corresponds to the transition between the two lowest atomic states.
- If ten waves are made per second, then the frequency is said to be ten cycles per second, written as 10 cps.
- Thus, in order to calculate the vibrational frequencies and the rotational constants of a molecule all that is is needed is the input.
- We hear different sounds because of variations in the sound wave frequency.
- That is, an infrared spectrum is a plot of the intensity of light absorbed as a function of the frequency of vibration.
- The frequency of this vibration is a function of the cut and shape of the crystal.
- Whether this interference delays or advances the phase of the waves depends on the properties of the atom and the frequency of the wave.
- The answer, Zuckerwar explains, is that each one generates silent infrasound - long sound waves at a frequency below 20 hertz.
- A trifield meter measures the electromagnetic frequency in the space around it.
- The electromagnetic spectrum describes all matter as wave frequencies.
- Now, physicists in England have demonstrated a topsy-turvy Doppler shift in which a radio wave's frequency rises as the source recedes.
- Thus de Broglie supposed that matter might also be related to the frequency of waves.
- The Doppler effect is a change in the frequency of sound waves caused by moving objects.
1. 2.1 The particular waveband at which a radio station or other system broadcasts or transmits signals.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In short, it plugs into a headphones jack and transmits the signal over an FM frequency you choose.
  Or we can listen to them through radio transmission on a special frequency that's unique for each airport.
  This is a measure of how well the antenna will ‘pull in’ a signal at a specific frequency.
  One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker.
  Finally, he tuned his suit's radio to the frequency listed on the cover of the transmitter.
  He turned around and adjusted the frequency on his portable radio.
  Prior to the establishment of the FCC, anybody with an antenna could send a radio signal on any frequency.
  In full-duplex radio, the two transmitters use different frequencies, so both parties can talk at the same time.
  After 147 minutes, scientists detected a 20Hz shift in the frequency of the carrier signal, indicating, perhaps, that the probe had landed.
  Suppose an FM radio station is assigned the broadcast frequency 100 MHz.
  A carrier signal is a continuous signal of a fixed frequency.
  What started with two women has grown to a network of six women who keep at least two radios on the same frequency at night.
  In addition, Moore said, several group leaders were communicating by radio on a frequency the LAPD could monitor.
  When you enter a road, you set your radio to the assigned frequency and monitor the traffic.
  Radio waves have different frequencies, and by tuning a radio receiver to a specific frequency you can pick up a specific signal.
  This is due in part to the fact that VOA is broadcast only on short-wave frequencies.
  Transmitting on the frequency 100.9, the station devotes 60 per cent of its airtime to programmes in Tonga while the rest are in English.
  Pulses represent any celestial radio signal of a fixed frequency that is distinguishable above the background noise.
  All FM radio stations transmit in a band of frequencies between 88 megahertz and 108 megahertz.
  New technology is allowing radio stations to offer digital and analog signals on the same frequency.

Origin

Mid 16th century (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’.

单词	frequency
释义	Definition of frequency in English: frequency nounPlural frequencies ˈfriːkw(ə)nsiˈfrikwənsi 1mass noun The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample. an increase in the frequency of accidents due to increased overtime Example sentencesExamples The next goal is to increase frequency, particularly at peak periods. These days they meet with increasing frequency. In fact in the first four weeks of December road traffic offences generally increased in frequency. Therefore, these mutations would not increase in frequency in the population. Alcohol may trigger attacks during the period headaches occur, so avoidance of all alcohol during these periods will reduce headache frequency. They recorded whether patients ever committed physical attacks during the observation period, but frequency and severity of violence were not recorded. As they moved, droplets of rain began to strike with ever increasing frequency. Headaches are common during childhood and become more common and increase in frequency during adolescence. The forecast is optimistic because of the expansion of the company's operations, increasing the flight frequency and the launch of new routes. Be even more wary if you are given a treatment plan that recommends daily visits that are gradually reduced in frequency over a period of several months. Rest periods and frequency should be the same as those for increasing muscular strength. Service south of Franklin will run at reduced frequency during that six-hour period. Now, scoring regularly for Wimbledon and playing with increasing frequency for Ireland, he may fulfil the potential he showed as a teenager. Those attacks may increase, both in frequency and intensity. Over time, symptomatic periods may increase in frequency and severity. Many scientists believe that the recent increase in hurricane frequency and intensity is due to global warming, which has raised sea temperatures. The frequency of landslides has increased in recent years with major slides occurring in 1993, 1995 and 2002. An allele that provides better immunity against parasites will increase in frequency within a population. Poch and Mannering found that the presence of a sight-distance restriction was found to significantly increase accident frequency. The floods which have devastated York with increasing frequency in recent years have traditionally been blamed on the rain - too much falling, too often. 1.1 The fact or state of being frequent or happening often. Example sentencesExamples Now they're trying to work out something where it won't happen with any kind of frequency. There are incidents where water supply may be affected for half an hour to an hour, but that is negligible as such incidents are of less frequency. I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these small plane crashes happen with numbing frequency. Only 52 per cent actually test their contingency plans with any frequency. They wouldn't be miracles if they happened with reliable frequency. These things seem to happen with alarming frequency these days. The fact that it happened with apparent frequency seems like an important detail on many levels. Secondly, and this happens with remarkable frequency, notwithstanding all the technology at his disposal, the video referee can get it wrong! Financial crises occur with frightening frequency. It happened with such frequency that the assistant referee seemed to get confused and gave some close decisions against Bafana. I took a few courses on statistics and understand how these things can happen, though they seemed to happen with such frequency that it seemed uncanny. I wish I could say that this was an isolated occurrence, but it seems to happen with distressing frequency. Yet it happens with terrible frequency, even thought it is a total ‘no no’. Laws changed with bewildering frequency, creating temporary advantages for people quick enough to spot them and draining wealth from the slow or unlucky. As most people are aware, this happens with almost reliable frequency in Namibia. Kids getting born covered in hair happens with some frequency, but they tend to shed it off pretty soon. That happens with great frequency in the system. It is interesting to ask, ‘why are these attacks happening with such frequency now?’ Although such things do happen with too great frequency, cases of ‘benign neglect’ are far more common. But this has happened with enough frequency to blow away my disbelief. Synonyms rate of occurrence, commonness, frequentness, prevalence, incidence, amount rate of repetition, recurrence, repetition, persistence, regularity Statistics distribution 2The rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light) different thicknesses of glass will absorb different frequencies of sound Example sentencesExamples When the radio-wave frequency causing proton excitation is removed, the protons relax and return to their steady-state orientation. We know that electrons in any molecule can only absorb radiation at certain frequencies. The frequency of light emitted from atoms in an excited state is measured in emission spectroscopy. The frequency of gamma rays is far too high and that of radio waves is far too low to interact with these kinds of vibrations. Because laser light is made up of identical waves of the same frequency, it can travel long distances without scattering. A trifield meter measures the electromagnetic frequency in the space around it. Now, physicists in England have demonstrated a topsy-turvy Doppler shift in which a radio wave's frequency rises as the source recedes. Crucially, this also changes the frequency of the radio waves needed to flip the nucleus. Thus de Broglie supposed that matter might also be related to the frequency of waves. If ten waves are made per second, then the frequency is said to be ten cycles per second, written as 10 cps. The electromagnetic spectrum describes all matter as wave frequencies. That is, an infrared spectrum is a plot of the intensity of light absorbed as a function of the frequency of vibration. Whether this interference delays or advances the phase of the waves depends on the properties of the atom and the frequency of the wave. This can be induced by a microwave field with a frequency that corresponds to the transition between the two lowest atomic states. The Doppler effect is a change in the frequency of sound waves caused by moving objects. Thus, in order to calculate the vibrational frequencies and the rotational constants of a molecule all that is is needed is the input. Newton concluded that these forms of light vibrate at different frequencies. The answer, Zuckerwar explains, is that each one generates silent infrasound - long sound waves at a frequency below 20 hertz. We hear different sounds because of variations in the sound wave frequency. The frequency of this vibration is a function of the cut and shape of the crystal. 2.1 The particular waveband at which radio signals are broadcast or transmitted. a radio station on a single AM radio frequency mass noun a coding sequence to ensure that everyone changes frequency in the correct manner Example sentencesExamples Prior to the establishment of the FCC, anybody with an antenna could send a radio signal on any frequency. When you enter a road, you set your radio to the assigned frequency and monitor the traffic. This is a measure of how well the antenna will ‘pull in’ a signal at a specific frequency. A carrier signal is a continuous signal of a fixed frequency. One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker. He turned around and adjusted the frequency on his portable radio. Suppose an FM radio station is assigned the broadcast frequency 100 MHz. After 147 minutes, scientists detected a 20Hz shift in the frequency of the carrier signal, indicating, perhaps, that the probe had landed. In full-duplex radio, the two transmitters use different frequencies, so both parties can talk at the same time. In addition, Moore said, several group leaders were communicating by radio on a frequency the LAPD could monitor. Transmitting on the frequency 100.9, the station devotes 60 per cent of its airtime to programmes in Tonga while the rest are in English. New technology is allowing radio stations to offer digital and analog signals on the same frequency. This is due in part to the fact that VOA is broadcast only on short-wave frequencies. What started with two women has grown to a network of six women who keep at least two radios on the same frequency at night. Or we can listen to them through radio transmission on a special frequency that's unique for each airport. All FM radio stations transmit in a band of frequencies between 88 megahertz and 108 megahertz. Pulses represent any celestial radio signal of a fixed frequency that is distinguishable above the background noise. In short, it plugs into a headphones jack and transmits the signal over an FM frequency you choose. Finally, he tuned his suit's radio to the frequency listed on the cover of the transmitter. Radio waves have different frequencies, and by tuning a radio receiver to a specific frequency you can pick up a specific signal. Origin Mid 16th century (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- 'crowded, frequent'. Definition of frequency in US English: frequency nounˈfrēkwənsēˈfrikwənsi 1The rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample. shops have closed with increasing frequency during the period Example sentencesExamples They recorded whether patients ever committed physical attacks during the observation period, but frequency and severity of violence were not recorded. Rest periods and frequency should be the same as those for increasing muscular strength. Service south of Franklin will run at reduced frequency during that six-hour period. Alcohol may trigger attacks during the period headaches occur, so avoidance of all alcohol during these periods will reduce headache frequency. In fact in the first four weeks of December road traffic offences generally increased in frequency. Poch and Mannering found that the presence of a sight-distance restriction was found to significantly increase accident frequency. Therefore, these mutations would not increase in frequency in the population. Many scientists believe that the recent increase in hurricane frequency and intensity is due to global warming, which has raised sea temperatures. An allele that provides better immunity against parasites will increase in frequency within a population. Headaches are common during childhood and become more common and increase in frequency during adolescence. Over time, symptomatic periods may increase in frequency and severity. The next goal is to increase frequency, particularly at peak periods. Now, scoring regularly for Wimbledon and playing with increasing frequency for Ireland, he may fulfil the potential he showed as a teenager. Be even more wary if you are given a treatment plan that recommends daily visits that are gradually reduced in frequency over a period of several months. As they moved, droplets of rain began to strike with ever increasing frequency. The floods which have devastated York with increasing frequency in recent years have traditionally been blamed on the rain - too much falling, too often. These days they meet with increasing frequency. Those attacks may increase, both in frequency and intensity. The forecast is optimistic because of the expansion of the company's operations, increasing the flight frequency and the launch of new routes. The frequency of landslides has increased in recent years with major slides occurring in 1993, 1995 and 2002. 1.1 The fact of being frequent or happening often. Example sentencesExamples I took a few courses on statistics and understand how these things can happen, though they seemed to happen with such frequency that it seemed uncanny. Yet it happens with terrible frequency, even thought it is a total ‘no no’. Financial crises occur with frightening frequency. Only 52 per cent actually test their contingency plans with any frequency. As most people are aware, this happens with almost reliable frequency in Namibia. Although such things do happen with too great frequency, cases of ‘benign neglect’ are far more common. They wouldn't be miracles if they happened with reliable frequency. Now they're trying to work out something where it won't happen with any kind of frequency. Kids getting born covered in hair happens with some frequency, but they tend to shed it off pretty soon. Secondly, and this happens with remarkable frequency, notwithstanding all the technology at his disposal, the video referee can get it wrong! I wish I could say that this was an isolated occurrence, but it seems to happen with distressing frequency. I was sitting around dwelling on how sad it is when it occurred to me that these small plane crashes happen with numbing frequency. There are incidents where water supply may be affected for half an hour to an hour, but that is negligible as such incidents are of less frequency. It happened with such frequency that the assistant referee seemed to get confused and gave some close decisions against Bafana. The fact that it happened with apparent frequency seems like an important detail on many levels. Laws changed with bewildering frequency, creating temporary advantages for people quick enough to spot them and draining wealth from the slow or unlucky. These things seem to happen with alarming frequency these days. That happens with great frequency in the system. But this has happened with enough frequency to blow away my disbelief. It is interesting to ask, ‘why are these attacks happening with such frequency now?’ Synonyms rate of occurrence, commonness, frequentness, prevalence, incidence, amount 1.2Statistics The ratio of the number of actual to possible occurrences of an event. Example sentencesExamples Bird occurrence data were summarized as frequency of occurrence of bird species in each category of observation, by type of observation period. The bar graphs represent the ratios of the frequency of individual events in the mutants relative to that of wild-type cells. Adverse events reported with the frequency of 10% or more at 6 months are listed in Table 3. We also plot the ratio of observed-to-expected frequency for each interval. The aim of induction is to find series of events whose frequency of occurrence converges toward a limit. 1.3Statistics The (relative) number of times something occurs in a given sample. Example sentencesExamples At the population level, offspring sex ratio did not appear to be adjusted in response to the relative frequency of adult males or females in the breeding population. The frequency of respiring colonies relative to viable colonies was determined after growth at 30° for 3 days. The relative frequency of individual display types is described below after the display descriptions. Relative basal area, relative frequency and relative density were used to calculate tree canopy importance values. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. 2The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured per second. Example sentencesExamples The frequency of gamma rays is far too high and that of radio waves is far too low to interact with these kinds of vibrations. When the radio-wave frequency causing proton excitation is removed, the protons relax and return to their steady-state orientation. Crucially, this also changes the frequency of the radio waves needed to flip the nucleus. Newton concluded that these forms of light vibrate at different frequencies. The frequency of light emitted from atoms in an excited state is measured in emission spectroscopy. We know that electrons in any molecule can only absorb radiation at certain frequencies. Because laser light is made up of identical waves of the same frequency, it can travel long distances without scattering. This can be induced by a microwave field with a frequency that corresponds to the transition between the two lowest atomic states. If ten waves are made per second, then the frequency is said to be ten cycles per second, written as 10 cps. Thus, in order to calculate the vibrational frequencies and the rotational constants of a molecule all that is is needed is the input. We hear different sounds because of variations in the sound wave frequency. That is, an infrared spectrum is a plot of the intensity of light absorbed as a function of the frequency of vibration. The frequency of this vibration is a function of the cut and shape of the crystal. Whether this interference delays or advances the phase of the waves depends on the properties of the atom and the frequency of the wave. The answer, Zuckerwar explains, is that each one generates silent infrasound - long sound waves at a frequency below 20 hertz. A trifield meter measures the electromagnetic frequency in the space around it. The electromagnetic spectrum describes all matter as wave frequencies. Now, physicists in England have demonstrated a topsy-turvy Doppler shift in which a radio wave's frequency rises as the source recedes. Thus de Broglie supposed that matter might also be related to the frequency of waves. The Doppler effect is a change in the frequency of sound waves caused by moving objects. 2.1 The particular waveband at which a radio station or other system broadcasts or transmits signals. Example sentencesExamples In short, it plugs into a headphones jack and transmits the signal over an FM frequency you choose. Or we can listen to them through radio transmission on a special frequency that's unique for each airport. This is a measure of how well the antenna will ‘pull in’ a signal at a specific frequency. One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker. Finally, he tuned his suit's radio to the frequency listed on the cover of the transmitter. He turned around and adjusted the frequency on his portable radio. Prior to the establishment of the FCC, anybody with an antenna could send a radio signal on any frequency. In full-duplex radio, the two transmitters use different frequencies, so both parties can talk at the same time. After 147 minutes, scientists detected a 20Hz shift in the frequency of the carrier signal, indicating, perhaps, that the probe had landed. Suppose an FM radio station is assigned the broadcast frequency 100 MHz. A carrier signal is a continuous signal of a fixed frequency. What started with two women has grown to a network of six women who keep at least two radios on the same frequency at night. In addition, Moore said, several group leaders were communicating by radio on a frequency the LAPD could monitor. When you enter a road, you set your radio to the assigned frequency and monitor the traffic. Radio waves have different frequencies, and by tuning a radio receiver to a specific frequency you can pick up a specific signal. This is due in part to the fact that VOA is broadcast only on short-wave frequencies. Transmitting on the frequency 100.9, the station devotes 60 per cent of its airtime to programmes in Tonga while the rest are in English. Pulses represent any celestial radio signal of a fixed frequency that is distinguishable above the background noise. All FM radio stations transmit in a band of frequencies between 88 megahertz and 108 megahertz. New technology is allowing radio stations to offer digital and analog signals on the same frequency. Origin Mid 16th century (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’.
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