frequencies

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the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number or times:

frequency of Complaints about the frequency of buses rose in the last year.

the increasing frequency of terrorist attacks

It's not the duration of his absences from work so much as the frequency that worries me.

the number of times that a wave, especially a light, sound, or radio wave, is produced within a particular period, especially one second:

the frequency of light

low frequency radiation

The human ear cannot hear very high-frequency sounds.

a particular number of radio waves produced in a second at which a radio signal is broadcast:

Do you know what frequency the BBC World Service is on?

the number of times that a wave is produced within a particular period, esp. within one second:

Dogs can hear very high frequencies.

the number of times something is repeated, or the fact of something happening often:

Houses are sold here with greater frequency than in most other parts of the country.

the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number of times:

Once a week is a good frequency to back up all the data.

the frequency of sth Cost-conscious retailers are reducing the frequency of cash collections.

We can surely do better in reducing the frequency and intensity of emerging market financial crises.

with greater/increasing frequency Skirmishes between privacy advocates and those collecting information are occurring with increasing frequency.

Some trusts limit the frequency with which a loan can be modified.

the number of times that a wave, especially a sound or radio wave, is produced within a particular period, especially one second:

The transmitter sends out a pulse of sound at a frequency of 6 kilohertz.