Frequency - Definition
frequency
n 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" [syn:
frequency, frequence, oftenness]
2: the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical
category to the total number of observations [syn:
frequency, relative frequency]
3: the number of observations in a given statistical category
[syn: frequency, absolute frequency]