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frequency

[free-kwuhn-see] / ˈfri kwən si /


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The sharks were also most sensitive to lower frequency sounds, which they detected from greater distances and at lower sound levels.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

While there isn’t any data to quantify its frequency, as Walsh pointed out, if a phone call does happen, it’s becoming increasingly more common to text before you call.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Only 55% of GPS and radio frequency tags were fitted on time, while 60% of alcohol monitoring tags were fitted promptly, according to the report's findings.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Prada looks at a combination of factors beyond total spend, like purchase frequency, average price point and, importantly, their potential to spend more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

NOTE: If you have been looking at the harmonic series above closely, you may have noticed that some notes that are written to give the same interval have different frequency ratios.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

These frequencies, she said, "enable observations that no other frequencies can provide".

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Under the exclusive deal announced late Thursday, Novo has licensed Nanexa’s technology in up to five development programs covering different drug administration frequencies, with the companies targeting monthly and quarterly administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It cycled through a range of staticky notes—the frequencies that would heal us.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

One obstacle was that previous theory could only reliably describe frequencies below 1 Hz.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Wood took up Loomis’s proposal to work in the developing field of ultrasonics, which involved sound waves with frequencies inaudible to humans.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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