frequency
noun
uk/ˈfriː.kwən.si/us/ˈfriː.kwən.si/frequencynoun(HAPPENING)
[CorU]
thenumberoftimessomethinghappenswithin aparticularperiod, or thefactof somethinghappeningoften or alargenumberortimes:
(事件发生的)频度,次数;频繁Complaints about the frequencyofbusesrosein the lastyear.去年对公车发车频率的投诉增长了。
theincreasingfrequencyofterroristattacks越来越频繁的恐怖袭击
It's not thedurationof hisabsencesfromworkso much as the frequency thatworriesme.与他的旷工时日相比,他旷工的频繁程度更让我担忧。
Frequency & regularity - general words
- (as) regular as clockworkidiom
- -ly
- clockwork
- endemically
- erratic
- erratically
- fitful
- irregular
- irregularity
- irregularly
- like clockworkidiom
- many
- on and offidiom
- on-again, off-again
- on-off
- periodic
- periodically
- religiously
- sporadically
- would
frequencynoun(LIGHT/SOUND/RADIO)
[U]physicsspecialized
thenumberoftimesthat awave,especiallyalight,sound, orradiowave, isproducedwithin aparticularperiod,especiallyone second:
(尤指声波或无线电波每秒振动的)频率the frequency oflight光的频率
lowfrequencyradiation低频辐射
Thehumanearcannothearvery high-frequencysounds.人耳听不到极高频率的声音。
[C]mediaspecialized
aparticularnumberofradiowavesproducedin a second at which aradiosignalisbroadcast:
频率(无线电信号的每秒电波数)Do youknowwhat frequency the BBCWorldServiceison?你知道英国广播公司的广播频率是多少吗?
Physics in general
- accelerator
- acoustics
- Archimedes
- cathode ray
- dynamics
- ferromagnetism
- harmonic
- multifrequency
- photometry
- physical
- physicist
- physics
- post-Einsteinian
- quantum mechanics
- sine curve
- sinusoid
- sinusoidal
- spectroscopy
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Broadcasting: radio
Grammar
Measurements
…Area: length, width, depth and height
We use the nouns length, width, depth and height and the adjectives long, wide, deep and high to talk about area and size:…Weight and volume
We use the verb weigh to measure weight:…Frequency, speed, time
We use many different expressions to describe frequency, speed and time. Here are some of them:…