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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonness, repetitiveness |
| Synonyms: | abundance, beat, constancy, density, frequentness, iteration, number, oscillation, periodicity, persistence, prevalence, pulsation, recurrence, regularity, reiteration, repetition, rhythm |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
| Antonyms: | infrequency, irregularity, uncommonness |
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| Concept: | Frequency. |
| Category: | 3. RECURRENT TIME |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness; repetition; normality; example (conformity); routine, custom (habit)., regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality (exactness); even tenor; system; routine (custom); formula; rule (form, regulation); keynote, standard, model; precedent (prototype); conformity.
-verbs
recur; do nothing but; keep, keep on.
-adjectives
frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated; customary (habit) [more]; regular (normal); according to rule (conformable)., common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar., old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial.
-adverbs
often, oft; ofttimes, oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly; unseldom, not unfrequently; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly; every day, every hour, every moment, perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit) [more]., most often; commonly (habitually)., sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.
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| Antonyms: | infrequency |
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| Main Entry: | density |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk, mass |
| Synonyms: | body, closeness, compactness, concretion, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, frequency, heaviness, impenetrability, massiveness, quantity, solidity, substantiality, thickness, tightness |
| Antonyms: | openness, sparsity, thinness |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, scope |
| Synonyms: | admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight |
| Main Entry: | measurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calculation |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, amplitude, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, calibration, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, metage, pitch, quantification, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | pitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tone of sound |
| Synonyms: | frequency, harmonic, modulation, rate, sound, timbre |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it pitch is movement up and down and yaw is movement side to side on a ship, airplane, or other conveyance |
| Main Entry: | incidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | commonness, degree, drift, extent, frequency, measure, number, percentage, prevalence, proportion, rate, scope, tendency, trend |
| Notes: | the primary meaning of incident is that of occurrence or event; the primary meaning of incidence is that of the rate or number of times at which something occurs |
| Main Entry: | metrology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | measurement |
| Synonyms: | altitude, amount, amplitude, analysis, appraisal, area, assessment, calibration, capacity, computation, degree, density, depth, determination, dimension, distance, estimation, evaluation, extent, frequency, height, judgment, length, magnitude, mass, measure, mensuration, metage, pitch, quantification, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, survey, thickness, time, valuation, volume, weight, width |
| Main Entry: | reappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recurrence |
| Synonyms: | frequency, habituation, intermittence, regularity, reoccurrence, repetition, repetitiveness, return |
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