Frequence (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Meaning:

The number of occurrences within a given time period

Example:

the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older

Synonyms:

frequence; frequency; oftenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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)

sampling frequency ((telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal)

Derivation:

frequent (frequently encountered)

frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)