frequency

Noun

Meaning

The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.

A crowd; a throng.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rate incidence repetition regularity recurrence periodicity oftenness occurrence abundance prevalence tempo commonness frequence pervasiveness absolute frequency
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Antonyms

curio period feature never difference poverty
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Hypernyms

cardinal rate ratio cardinal number

Hyponyms

attendance incidence audio infrared radio frequency audio frequency

Related terms

frequent frequenter frequentative

Phrases with the word

Larmor frequency beat frequency oscillator carrier frequency allele frequency frequency wave low-frequency electromagnetic waves

Derivatives

frequencies

Anagrams

quefrency

Examples

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. Alan Turing

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in the direction of the original succession and with a certainty proportional to the frequency with which they were together. Hermann Ebbinghaus

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. Nikola Tesla

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment. Samuel Johnson

This is funny because I just had a job over the summer for VH1, a project I did called Strange Frequency where I got to play a Goth rock band singer. Charisma Carpenter

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted. Charles Babbage

Close letter words and terms

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