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terrier (as used in expressions) (sh) and frequency (iou)


terrier (as used in expressions) (sh)


frequency (iou)



frequency noun. M16.
[Latin frequentia, from frequent-: see FREQUENT adjective & adverb, -ENCY.]
= FREQUENCE 1. M16-E18.
Constant use or repetition of. E17-L18.
b. Familiarity with, constant attendance at. M-L17.
gen. The fact of occurring often or of being repeated at short intervals; commonness of occurrence; rate of recurrence. M17.
Horace Smith The diminished frequency of wars. C. McCullough He wasn't calling her herzchen any more; of late she had noticed its frequency declining.
spec.:
a. Medicine. The rate of recurrence of the pulse, respiration, or Other periodic bodily function. M18.
b. Physics etc. The number of times in a second or Other specified time interval that any regular oscillation or vibration is repeated, such as that associated with mechanical vibration, sound, electromagnetic radiation, alternating current, etc.; esp. the number of cycles per second of a carrier wave used for Radio transmission, (loosely) a waveband, a channel. Also, a sound etc. having a definite frequency. M19.
Audio frequency, high frequency, intermediate frequency, low frequency, medium frequency, natural frequency, Video frequency, etc.
L. Deighton Jimmy..was tuning his Radio to the frequencies between 7050 and 7100 kilocycles. H. M. Rosenberg A wave is usually characterized by its frequency and wavelength. A. Burgess Bartlett had taken a stick microphone..and intoned a frequency.
c. Statistics. The (relative) number of times something occurs in a given sample. M19.
d. Ecology. A measurement of the way in which the members of a species are distributed in a community. E20.
K. A. Kershaw If a species has a frequency of 10 per cent then it should occur once in every ten quadrats examined.
Comb.: frequency changer, frequency converter a device for changing the frequency of an alternating current; spec. in a superheterodyne receiver, for combining the incoming signal with that from the local oscillator to produce the intermediate frequency; frequency curve a frequency diagram in the form of a continuous curve; frequency diagram: in which frequency of occurrence is plotted against the value of the variable; frequency distortion distortion of a signal due to unequal amplification or attenuation of components of different frequency; frequency distribution (a mathematical expression giving) a classification of the members of a population according to the value assumed for each member by some variable; a measurement of how often a variable takes each of its possible values; frequency modulation variation of the frequency of a Radio or Other wave as a means of carrying information such as an Audio signal; frequency polygon a frequency diagram containing a (small) finite number of data points, each point being joined to the next by a straight line; frequency response the way in which the output-input ratio of an amplifier or Other device depends on the signal frequency.