OFTENNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does oftenness mean?
• OFTENNESS (noun)
The noun OFTENNESS has 1 sense:
1. the number of occurrences within a given time period
Familiarity information: OFTENNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OFTENNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The number of occurrences within a given time period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
frequence; frequency; oftenness
Context examples:
the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second / the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
Hypernyms ("oftenness" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oftenness"):
audio; audio frequency (an audible acoustic wave frequency)
radio frequency (an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared)
infrared; infrared frequency (the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range)
wave number (the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave)
attendance (the frequency with which a person is present)
count per minute; counts/minute (frequency per minute)
sampling frequency ((telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal)
"Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear." (English proverb)
"The snake moves, erasing its tracks with its tail." (Albanian proverb)
"The one you love you punish." (Danish proverb)
