frequency
NounUS[free-kwuhn-see]/ˈfrikwənsi/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)frequencies
- 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”Synonyms: frequenceoftennessType of rateKinds infrared, audio, radio frequency, wave number, sampling frequency, attendance, count per minute
- the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observationsSynonyms: relative frequencyType of ratioKinds incidence, relative incidence
- the number of observations in a given statistical categorySynonyms: absolute frequencyType of cardinal number, cardinal
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Translations
Noun rate of occurrence of anything
- Spanish
- frecuencia
- French
- fréquence
- German
- Häufigkeit
- Italian
- frequenza
- Portuguese
- frequência
- Turkish
- sıklık
- Russian
- частота́ častotá
- Arabic
- تَكْرَار takrār
- Chinese
- 频率 pínlǜ
- Japanese
- 頻度 hindo
26 more languages
- Dutch
- frequentie
- Polish
- częstotliwość
- Swedish
- frekvens
- Greek
- συχνότητα sychnótita
- Korean
- 빈도 bindo
- Indonesian
- frekuensi
- Vietnamese
- tần số
- Hungarian
- gyakoriság
- Portuguese (PT)
- frequência
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 頻率 pínlǜ
- Albanian
- frekuencë
- Catalan
- freqüència
- Czech
- frekvence
- Danish
- hyppighed
- Esperanto
- ofto
- Finnish
- taajuus
- Georgian
- სიხშირე sixšire
- Hebrew
- תדירות tedirút
- Icelandic
- tíðni
- Norwegian
- hyppighet
- Romanian
- frecvență
- Scottish Gaelic
- bitheantas
- Serbo-Croatian
- učestalost
- Slovak
- frekvencia
- Slovenian
- pogostost
- Welsh
- amledd
Noun number of occurrences divided by time
- Spanish
- frecuencia
- French
- fréquence
- German
- Frequenz
- Italian
- frequenza
- Portuguese
- frequência
- Turkish
- frekans
- Russian
- частота́ častotá
- Arabic
- تَرَدُّد taraddud
- Chinese
- 频率 pínlǜ
- Japanese
- 周波数 shūhasū
22 more languages
- Dutch
- frequentie
- Polish
- częstotliwość
- Swedish
- frekvens
- Greek
- συχνότητα sychnótita
- Korean
- 진동수 jindongsu
- Indonesian
- frekuensi
- Vietnamese
- tần số
- Hungarian
- frekvencia
- Portuguese (PT)
- frequência
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 頻數 pínshù
- Catalan
- freqüència
- Czech
- frekvence
- Danish
- frekvens
- Esperanto
- frekvenco
- Finnish
- taajuus
- Hebrew
- תדירות tedirút
- Icelandic
- tíðni
- Latvian
- frekvence
- Norwegian
- frekvens
- Romanian
- frecvență
- Slovak
- frekvencia
- Slovenian
- frekvenca
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fre′quen·cy noun; pl. Frequencies (#).
Origin: L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fréquence. See Frequent.
1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.
The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits.— Thomas Fuller
2. A crowd; a throng. obsolete Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54