low frequency
noun
: a radio frequency between medium frequency and very low frequency see Radio Frequencies Table
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Unlike the shepherd ancestry, these pinscher markers appear at similar low frequencies in both the power-plant and city populations, suggesting more recent mixing or shared ancestry, rather than the long-term isolation seen in the shepherd descendants.
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New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
At least the fact that low frequencies are much less directional than the rest of the frequency range, and therefore aren’t so willing to betray the position of the speaker that’s producing them, means that subwoofers are far less picky about their position in your surround sound setup, though.
—Simon Lucas, Wired News, 23 Nov. 2025
Unlocking quantum gravity Gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Einstein, are typically detected at low frequencies by observatories like LIGO and Virgo, which listen for signals from events such as black hole collisions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Electric vehicles such as Teslas emit electromagnetic radiation as well as low frequency magnetic fields.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025
At least the fact that low frequencies are much less directional than the rest of the frequency range, and therefore aren’t so willing to betray the position of the speaker that’s producing them, means that subwoofers are far less picky about their position in your surround sound setup, though.
—Simon Lucas, Wired News, 23 Nov. 2025
Unlocking quantum gravity Gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Einstein, are typically detected at low frequencies by observatories like LIGO and Virgo, which listen for signals from events such as black hole collisions.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Electric vehicles such as Teslas emit electromagnetic radiation as well as low frequency magnetic fields.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Low frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low%20frequency. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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