Frequency ˈfriːkwənsi Radio High/Low Happening Noun Fatal Road

• fatal road accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
• dawn was then visiting new york with increasing frequency.
• a society with a high/low frequency (= happening often/not very often) of stable marriages
• users will be able to rearrange their icons by frequency of use.

frequency

1. the rate at which something happens or is repeated
• Fatal road accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
• Dawn was then visiting New York with increasing frequency.
• a society with a high/low frequency (= happening often/not very often) of stable marriages
• Users will be able to rearrange their icons by frequency of use.
• The program can show us word frequency (= how often words occur in a language).

Extra Examples

• Crime increases in frequency in less settled neighbourhoods.
• The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.
• These incidents have increased in frequency.
2. the fact of something happening often
• the alarming frequency of computer errors
• The relative frequency of this illness in the area is of concern to all doctors.
• Objects like this turn up at sales with surprising frequency.
• Bullets bounced off the rock with alarming frequency.
3. the rate at which a sound or electromagnetic wave vibrates (= moves up and down)
• a high/low frequency
• Electromagnetic waves of radio frequency can make molecules vibrate and heat up.
4. the number of radio waves for every second of a radio signal
• a frequency band
• an FM radio frequency
• There are only a limited number of broadcasting frequencies.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (gradually superseding late Middle English frequence; originally denoting a gathering of people): from Latin frequentia, from frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’.