English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

wikipedia|Frequency (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From L. frequens + -t- + -ia.

Pronunciation
AHD|fr�ʹkw�n-s�
IPA|/�fri�kw�nsi/
SAMPA|/"fri:kw@nsi/

Noun
en-noun|frequenc|ies

1. uncountable The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

#* With growing confidence, the Viking�s raids increased in frequency.
#* The frequency of bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minutes.

1. uncountable The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.

#* The FAQ addresses questions that come up with some frequency.
#* The frequency of the visits was what annoyed him.

1. countable The quotient of the number of times <math>n</math> a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time <math>t</math> in which it occurs: <math>f = n / t</math>.

#* The frequency of middle C is 440 oscillations per second.
#* The frequency of a wave is its velocity <math>v</math> divided by its wavelength <math>\lambda</math>: <math>f = v / \lambda</math>.
#* Broadcasting live at a frequency of 98.3 megahertz, we�re your rock alternative!
#* The frequency for electric power in the Americas is generally 60 Hz rather than 50.

trans-top|number of occurrences divided by time
Bulgarian: �е��о�а (cestota) f
Czech: frekvence f
Danish: frekvens n
Dutch: t|nl|frequentie|f
Finnish: taajuus
French: fréquence f
German: Frequenz f
Greek: ���ν��η�α (sychnotita or sihnotita) f
Hebrew: he-translation|ת��ר�ת|tedirút f, he-translation|ת�ר|téder m (used for a radio station or a two-way radio device'')
Hungarian: t|hu|frekvencia
trans-mid
Icelandic: tíðni f
Italian: frequenza f
Japanese: Jpan|�波� (Jpan|������, shūhasū)
Latvian frekvence f
Malay: t|ms|frekuensi
Portuguese: frequência f
Russian: �а��о�а (�astotá) f
Slovenian: frekvenca f, pogostost f
Spanish: frecuencia f
Swedish: frekvens
Vietnamese: tần s�
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
checktrans
trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Catalan: freqüència f
ttbc|Chinese: 頻�
ttbc|Esperanto: frekvenco
ttbc|Faroese: tíðføri n, tíðleiki m, tídd f
ttbc|Indonesian: frekuensi
ttbc|Latin: freuqentia f
trans-mid
ttbc|Lithuanian: dažnumas
ttbc|Norwegian: frekvens
ttbc|Polish: cz�stotliwo�� m
ttbc|Slovak: frekvencia f
ttbc|Tamil: �திர�வ�ண�
ttbc|Telugu: ప�న�ప�న�యమ� (paunahpunyamu)
ttbc|Turkish: frekans
trans-bottom

Category:Time

ar:frequency
el:frequency
fa:frequency
fr:frequency
id:frequency
it:frequency
hu:frequency
ja:frequency
pl:frequency
fi:frequency
te:frequency
vi:frequency
tr:frequency
zh:frequency

• 2007-12-20 13:17 - Nestum82 - /* Translations */ +ms

Full Revision History