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Frequency
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frequency /fre·quen·cy/ (fre´kwen-se)
1. the number of occurrences of a periodic process in a unit of time. Symbol ?.
2. in statistics, the number of occurrences of a determinable entity per unit of time or of population. Symbol f.

urinary frequency  urination at short intervals without increase in daily volume or urinary output, due to reduced bladder capacity.

Frequency
Sound, whether traveling through air or the human body, produces vibrations—molecules bouncing into each other—as the shock wave travels along. The frequency of a sound is the number of vibrations per second. Within the audible range, frequency means pitch—the higher the frequency, the higher a sound's pitch.
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frequency,
n the number of cycles per second of a wave or other periodic phenomenon.
frequency polygon,
n a graphic representation of a frequency distribution constructed by plotting each frequency above the score or midpoint of a class interval laid out on a base line and connecting the points so plotted by a straight line.

frequency
1. the number of occurrences of a periodic process in a unit of time.
2. in statistics, the number of occurrences of a determinable entity per unit of time or of population.

cumulative frequency
the graph of its cumulative frequencies.
frequency distribution
see frequency distribution.
expected frequency
the expected number of occurrences.
observed frequency
the actual frequency; as opposed to the expected frequency.
relative frequency
the number of observations of a particular, nominated value expressed usually as a proportion of the total frequency.
total frequency
the total number of observations in the set of data.
ultrasound frequency

frequency Statistics The number of times that a particular periodic event occurs in a unit time. See Collision frequency, Cumulative frequency, Larmor frequency, Observed frequency, Order frequency, Pulse repetition, Recombination frequency, Relative frequency.


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