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noun |
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frequencies |
| definition 1: |
the fact of happening often or being frequent.
They went to church with great frequency when she was a child. |
| definition 2: |
the rate of occurrence of something.
The frequency of these strange events is increasing.This computer program calculates the frequency of any word in a text. |
| definition 3: |
in physics, the number of electromagnetic waves that pass a certain point in a given time period.
Some radiation has a frequency that allows us to see it as color. |
| related words: |
channel, tone |
adjective + (n.)frequency
alarming, average, descriptive, expected, fundamental, high, increased, increasing, low, maximum, mean, observed, overall, relative, reported, resonant, spatial, specific
verb + (n.)frequency
analyze, assess, associate, correlate, decrease, detect, determine, examine, increase, indicate, measure, monitor, occur, reduce, relate, report, tune
(n.)frequency
+ verb
calculate, correspond, range, shift, stride, vary
noun + (n.)frequency
allele,
analysis,
clock,
condom,
cut-off,
cycle,
decrease,
estimate,
excitation,
filter,
function,
gain,
gene,
increase,
length,
magnitude,
measurement,
microwave,
neighbor,
noise,
octave,
oscillation,
output,
probability,
quantity,
radio,
ratio,
reduction,
respondent,
scale,
signal,
statistics,
stress,
stride,
threshold,
transition,
variable,
variation,
voltage,
wave
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The word frequency
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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