Synonyms:
frequency, frequence, oftenness
Meaning: the number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older"
Synonyms:
frequency, relative_frequency
Meaning: the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
Synonyms:
frequency, absolute_frequency
Meaning: the number of observations in a given statistical category
Usage examples
Walcott's visits continued with the same frequency, but he was less annoying in his attentions than formerly.
It was the kind of remark she had used with such frequency in the ship, though it didn't sound quite as harsh now.
This is a trip well worth taking by all intelligent men and women who can afford it; and it is being taken by such men and women with increasing frequency.
'You that travel about the world, have more materials for letters, than I who stay at home; and should, therefore, write with frequency equal to your opportunities.
The Major's plans on the subject of matrimony were not at present in such an advanced stage as Mrs. Hoopington's, but he was beginning to find his way over to Hoopington Hall with a frequency that was already being commented on.
By that time the growing frequency of the disappearance of sundry small articles of value and convenience led to Billy's making a reluctant search of Olga's room--and to Olga's departure; for the room was, indeed, a treasure house, the Treasure having gathered unto itself other treasures.
Old stories of occurrences handed down by tradition, but scantily confirmed by experience, suddenly ceased to be incredible; there were earthquakes of unparalleled extent and violence; eclipses of the sun occurred with a frequency unrecorded in previous history; there were great droughts in sundry places and consequent famines, and that most calamitous and awfully fatal visitation, the plague.