frequence

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsfrequencyoftenness

   Broaderrate

   Narroweraudioradio frequencyinfraredwave numberattendancecount per minutesampling frequency

Other forms of frequence

plural

frequences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frequence

What does frequence mean?

frequence means "the number of occurrences within a given time period".

How many syllables are in frequence?

frequence has 2 syllables: freq-uence. The stress falls on "freq".

What is another word for frequence?

Close synonyms include frequency, oftenness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frequence a common word?

frequence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.