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frequency
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As a noun, frequency means the rate of occurrence of anything.
Meanings of frequency
6 meaningsnoun
The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
“With growing confidence, the Viking’s raids increased in frequency.”
“The frequency of bus service has been improved from one every 15 to one every 12 minutes.”
The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
“The FAQ addresses questions that come up with some frequency.”
“The frequency of the visits was what annoyed him.”
statisticsNumber of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
The number of occurrences within a given time periodtime
“the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second”
“the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older”
Similar: frequence, oftennessThe ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
Similar: relative frequencyThe number of observations in a given statistical category
Similar: absolute frequency
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).