Noun

(frequencies)

(uncountable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

* With growing confidence, the Viking’s raids increased in frequency .

* The frequency of bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minutes.

(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.

* The FAQ addresses questions that come up with some frequency .

* The frequency of the visits was what annoyed him.

(countable) The quotient of the number of times $n$ a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time $t$ in which it occurs: $f\; =\; n\; /\; t$.

* The frequency of the musical note A above middle C is 440 oscillations per second.

* ''The frequency of a wave is its velocity $v$ divided by its wavelength $\backslash lambda$: $f\; =\; v\; /\; \backslash lambda$.

* Broadcasting live at a frequency of 98.3 megahertz, we’re your rock alternative!

* The frequency for electric power in the Americas is generally 60 Hz rather than 50.

(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)

Noun

(lb) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

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(lb) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.

(lb) Proper or equal share.

*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)

*:Let the womendo the same things in their proportions and capacities.

The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.

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*(Lancelot Ridley) (ca.1500-1576)

*:The image of Christ, made after his own proportion .

*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

*:Formed in the best proportions of her sex.

* (1800-1859)

*:Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory.

A statement of equality between two ratios.

Size.

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