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Definition frequency

Etymology

From Latin frequentia, from frequens.

Noun

frequency (plural frequencies)

1. (uncountable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
2. (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
3. (countable) The quotient of the number of times ${\displaystyle n}$ a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time ${\displaystyle t}$ in which it occurs: ${\displaystyle f=n/t}$.
4. (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)