frequency

[ˈfriːkwənsi]

Definition:
1. The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second).
2. The ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations.
3. The number of observations in a given statistical category.

Use 'frequency' in a sentence:

1. N is the desired noninteger frequency divider.
2. Responding to changes in the CF echo's frequency, bats of some species correct in flight for the direction and velocity of their moving prey.
3. For this, he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high-frequency radio waves.
4. He added, "We have to look at the frequency of events."
5. Just remember that violet light is the end that actually has the shortest wavelength, which means that it also has, of course, the highest frequency.
6. There is mounting evidence that the frequency and magnitude of landsliding is changing in many parts of the world in response to climate change.
7. Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children.
8. Doubling the frequency of logical operations inside a microprocessor doubles the heat output.
9. This grid of horizontal lines and we will know that if we're going from here to here, it's got to be exactly this frequency or at least this space.
10. Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
11. This demonstrates that blindness is not limited to recent preference selections, but can also occur for intensity and frequency.
12. In astronomy, in optical astronomy, we cannot measure the period or the frequency of optical light.
13. The department will make sure that newly launched satellites don't use radio frequencies that would interfere with existing satellites, and schedule when such new satellites can be launched.
14. You can't hear waves of such a high frequency.
15. Frequency of crying varies widely: some shed tears at any novel or movie, others only a handful of times in their lives.
16. Ultrasound is used by many animals that detect and some of them send out very high frequency sounds.
17. Regular repeating actions such as sound waves, light waves, or radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
18. The frequency of his visits annoyed her.
19. Research shows that the intrinsic frequency of hole defect lumbers is little lower than standard lumbers.
20. Those spending 10-19 hours per week on their devices were 41 percent more likely to be unhappy than lower-frequency users.
21. Purpose: audio frequency low power amplifier, driver stage amplifier, switching applications.
22. Accidents are happening with increasing frequency.
23. Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast on — that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with minimal Googling.
24. The frequency of Kara's phone calls increased rapidly.
25. Because of their inertia, the electrons will overshoot and oscillate around their equilibrium positions with a characteristic frequency known as the plasma frequency.
26. Nicole Ellison of Michigan State University found that the frequency of networking site use correlates with greater self-esteem.
27. The quicker it vibrates, the greater the frequency of sound it produces.
28. Proposal of a function for modelling the hourly frequency distributions of photosynthetically active radiation.
29. This radio station broadcasts on four different frequencies.
30. With the right device tuned to the right frequency, what's to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?
31. Macufacturers provide that cell phones meet government standards for safe radio-frequency radiation omission.
32. Speech is made up of sound waves that vary in frequency and intensity.
33. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.
34. Manufacturers provide cell phones that meet government standards for safe radio-frequency radiation omission.
35. Traffic accidents are happening with increasing frequency.
36. Basically, the phenomenon of Standing Waves occurs when sound waves of the same frequency reflect off the walls and meet from opposite directions.
37. They were expecting to see one certain frequency or one line in the spectrum at this point here.
38. This part of the project is searching the nearest 1000 likely stars with high sensitivity for signals in the frequency range 1000 to 3000 MHz.
39. Apply ice for 10-15 minutes every hour, then reduce the frequency as the pain become less strong.
40. Any device that's built to receive a wireless signal at a specific frequency can be overwhelmed by a stronger signal coming in on the same frequency.
41. "If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate," Rubinoff said, citing a variety of colleges ranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools.
42. You might ask the applicant to provide some measure of the expected frequency and severity of failures.
43. Add the frequencies in each class to find the class that contains that centermost element.
44. Traffic accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
45. What appears to the naked eye to be glowing is actually a superposition of different lines of distinct frequency. So, this is quantized.
46. Their instruments detected very faint radiowaves at a frequency of 3 kilohertz.
47. It's easier to find and acquire jamming equipment for some frequencies than it is for others.
48. For an initial service, a 10 megahertz-wide band of frequencies will be needed.
49. Their instruments detected very faint radio waves at a frequency of 3 kilohertz.
50. The tanks broke down with increasing frequency.
51. There are only a limited number of broadcasting frequencies.
52. Fatal road accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
53. Objects like this turn up at sales with surprising frequency.
54. When a number of certain static images, such as geometric figures, for example, interchange with a specified frequency, it creates something like a motion picture effect.
55. Precise measurements can be made of the length and frequency of the infant's attention between two stimuli.
56. The program can show us word frequency.