frequency Význam & definícia

Význam frequency v slovenčine

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

  • 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.

• 1 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.

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

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

  • Dogs can hear very high frequencies.

• 3 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.

• 4 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.

• 5 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.