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frequency
Number of waves that pass a fixed point per unit time; also, the number of cycles or vibrations undergone in unit time by a body in periodic motion. Frequency f is the reciprocal of the time T taken to complete one cycle (the period), or 1/T. The frequency with which earth rotates is once per 24 hours. Frequency is usually expressed in units called hertz (Hz). One hertz is equal to one cycle per second; one kilohertz (kHz) is 1,000 Hz, and one megahertz (MHz) is 1,000,000 Hz. The musical pitch A above middle C (the A string of a violin) has been widely standardized as 440 Hz.
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frequency
frequency [′frē·kwən·sē]
Frequency (wave motion)
The number of times which sound pressure, electrical intensity, or other quantities specifying a wave vary from their equilibrium value through a complete cycle in unit time. The most common unit of frequency is the hertz (Hz), which is equal to 1 cycle per second. In one cycle there is a positive variation from equilibrium, a return to equilibrium, then a negative variation, and return to equilibrium. This relationship is often described in terms of the sine wave, and the frequency referred to is that of an equivalent sine-wave variation in the parameter under discussion. See Frequency measurement, Sine wave, Wave motion
Frequency
The frequency of an event A is the ratio m/n of the number m of occurrences of A in a given series of trials to the total number n of trials. If the trials are independent and there is a definite probability p of the occurrence of A in an individual trial, then, for arbitrarily small ∊ > 0, at sufficiently large m it is practically certain that the frequency m/n satisfies the inequality
(seeLARGE NUMBERS, LAW OF and PROBABILITY).
The term “frequency” is used in mathematical statistics to designate the number of elements of a set that have a specified attribute.
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