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FREQUENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frequence mean? 

FREQUENCE (noun)
  The noun FREQUENCE has 1 sense:

1. the number of occurrences within a given time periodplay

  Familiarity information: FREQUENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREQUENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of occurrences within a given time period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

frequence; frequency; oftenness

Context example:

the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older

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)


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