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frequency in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the number of observations in a given statistical category
    frequency  absolute frequency 
  2. 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"
    frequency  frequence  oftenness 
  3. the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
    frequency  relative frequency 
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