frequency
English
/ˈfɹiːkwənsi/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
- (countable) The quotient of the number of times .
- (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
Etymology
Derived from Latin frequentia (frequency).
Origin
Latin
frequentia
Gloss
frequency
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifrequency English
- cyclofrequency English
- eigenfrequency English
- equifrequency English
- gyrofrequency English
- isofrequency English
- midfrequency English
- monofrequency English
- multifrequency English
- overfrequency English
- subfrequency English
- trifrequency English
- underfrequency English
- unifrequency English
- frequens Latin
- frequentia Latin
- frequence French
- frecuencia Spanish, Castilian
- frekvens Norwegian Bokmål
- frekvens Norwegian Nynorsk
- frekvence Czech
- frekvence Latvian