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high frequency
noun
: a radio frequency between very high frequency and medium frequency see Radio Frequencies Table
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Noise canceling mostly affects the low frequencies, but high frequencies are still getting through.
—Caroline Houck, Vox, 26 June 2024
San Fernando Middle School — where district sources report a high frequency of fighting that contributed to recent changes in the school administration.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Still, users of high frequency (HF) radio signals could experience short-term degradation or a complete loss of signal on the sunlit side of earth.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 May 2024
Midnight Blizzard has also reportedly increased the volume of some of its attack measures, including trying to access multiple accounts with the same password, by as much as 10 times in February from its already high frequency in January.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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“High frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20frequency. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
high frequency
noun
: a radio frequency in the range between 3 and 30 megahertz
—abbreviation HF
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