frequency

🇺🇸 /ˈfriːkwənsi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfriːkwənsi/
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noun
B2

How often something happens or is done.

She checks her email with high frequency every day.

B2

If something happens often.

You will notice the word 'frequency' comes up often in our conversation.

R

How fast a sound or wave moves up and down.

The music had a low frequency that made the floor vibrate.

R

The number of times that a radio wave is sent out every second.

The device works at a very specific frequency.

translation

n. How often something happens or is done.; If something happens often.; How fast a sound or wave moves up and down.; The number of times that a radio wave is sent out every second.

Word Forms

Plural frequencies