Quotes About Frequency

Knowing a word can also mean that the learner knows the frequency of occurrence of that word. Though this aspect of a word may seem almost trivial, the frequency of a word is often cited as a major factor in a given word's difficulty. In fact, Haynes (1993) claims that word frequency is probably the major component in word difficulty.

collocation(s) of a new vocabulary item. The meaning of collocation is apparent in its constituent parts: co (together) + location (place). A collocation is a word or phrase that naturally and frequently occurs before, after, or very near the target vocabulary item.

This is happening with more frequency," her mother said. The words weren't said in anger, but in a kind of martyred resignation.

The cathode-ray tube (CRT) was a form of analog computer: varying the voltages to the deflection coils varied the path traced by the electron beam. The CRT, especially in its incarnation as an oscilloscope, could be used to add, subtract, multiply, and divide signals—the results being displayed directly as a function of the amplitude of the deflection and its frequency in time. From these analog beginnings, the digital universe took form.

Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.

I write stories that are already in the air, and I think it's important to have the correct listening device to tune in to that frequency.

We must have the audacity to turn up the frequency of our truths.

You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things.

I was convinced that the trading frequency measured a fundamental heartbeat of financial markets. Clearly it reflected the flow of information. It turns out also to be closely related to measures of liquidity.

I probably tweet every other day, which I know isn't half as much as some people.

El patrón respiratorio del modelo efector que obtuvimos para la rabia, se caracteriza por ciclos rítmicos de alta frecuencia y de gran amplitud, predominando la respiración abdominal. Siempre la describo como una respiración en "dientes de sierra". Se inspira y se espira por la nariz, dilatando y contrayendo bruscamente las fosas nasales.

The radio makes hideous sounds.

Register is very important. Music sounds best in a certain register.

reality provides such forced revisions of beliefs at quite a high frequency. Many

The dentist did better when he dealt with monthly statements rather than more frequent ones.

The more frequently you look at data, the more noise you are disproportionally likely to get (rather than the valuable part, called the signal);

emotions depended on how frequently he checked his portfolio.

How frequent the profit is irrelevant; it is the magnitude of the outcome that counts.

confusing intensity with frequency.

Nonetheless, ecologists and archaeologists increasingly agree that the destruction of Native Americans also destroyed the ecosystems they managed. Throughout the eastern forest the open, park-like landscapes observed by the first Europeans quickly filled in. Because they did not burn the land with the same skill and frequency as its previous occupants, the forests grew thicker. Left untended, maize fields filled in with weeds, then bushes and trees.

For forms existing in larger numbers will always have a better chance, within any given period, of presenting further favourable variations for natural selection to seize on, than will the rarer forms which exist in lesser numbers.

The average customer comes into McDonald's three to four times a month, and I'm absolutely convinced that can fit in very comfortably into a balanced diet.

I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it.

It is well known that Nature manages, rather mysteriously, to keep constant the relative frequency of certain natural phenomena.