frequency

     

Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referre to as temporal frequency. The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency.

Trivia about frequency

  • With AM, the amplitude of the carrier wave is modulated; with FM, it's this that's modulated
  • In this Dennis Quaid film, a ham radio links a father & son across time
  • In wave motion, period, the time one complete cycle takes, is the reciprocal of this, the no. of cycles in a given time
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew rubs her finger on a glass.) Rubbing your finger on the rim causes the glass to vibrate; the sound's pitch is due to this 9-letter term, the number of vibrations per second

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