frequencynoun
uk/ˈfriː.kwən.si/us/ˈfriː.kwən.si/frequency noun (HAPPENING)
[ C or U ] the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number or times:
Complaints about the frequency of buses rose in the last year.
the increasing frequency of terrorist attacks
It's not the duration of his absences from work so much as the frequency that worries me.
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Frequency & regularity - general words
- (as) regular as clockwork idiom
- -ly
- clockwork
- erratic
- fitful
- frequent
- frequently
- irregular
- many
- many a time idiom
- many's the idiom
- more
- oftentimes
- on and off idiom
- on-again, off-again
- on-off
- periodic
- regular
- religiously
- would
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frequency noun (LIGHT/SOUND/RADIO)
[ U ] specialized physics the number of times that a wave, especially a light, sound, or radio wave, is produced within a particular period, especially one second:
the frequency of light
low frequency radiation
The human ear cannot hear very high-frequency sounds.
[ C ] specialized media a particular number of radio waves produced in a second at which a radio signal is broadcast:
Do you know what frequency the BBC World Service is on?
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Physics in general
- acoustics
- Archimedes
- cathode ray
- dynamics
- ferromagnetism
- photometry
- physical
- physicist
- physics
- quantum mechanics
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