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[syn: frequency, frequence, oftenness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frequence \Fre"quence\, n. [See Frequency.]
   1. A crowd; a throng; a concourse. [Archaic.] --Tennyson.
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   2. Frequency; abundance. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frequence
    n 1: the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the
         frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the
         frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older" [syn:
         frequency, frequence, oftenness]