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The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second)
Answer for the clue "The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second) ", 9 letters:
frequence
Word definitions for frequence in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frequence \Fre"quence\, n. [See Frequency .] A crowd; a throng; a concourse. [Archaic.] --Tennyson. Frequency; abundance. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second" [syn: frequency , oftenness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A crowd or throng; a concourse. 2 (context obsolete English) frequency; abundance
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "an assembling in large numbers," from French fréquence , from Latin frequentia "an assembling in great numbers" (see frequent ). From c.1600 as "frequent occurrence."