extremely high frequency

noun

: a radio frequency in the highest range of the radio spectrum see Radio Frequencies Table

Examples of extremely high frequency in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web These extremely high frequencies get soaked up by almost anything in their path. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023 Other atomizers, like the ultrasonic nebulizers found in home humidifiers, similarly cannot produce small enough droplets without extremely high frequencies and power requirements. Kate Murphy, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2021 The extremely high frequency of this marker among the Basques, and the presumption that the Basques were the Paleolithic ur-Europeans, allowed researchers in the early 2000s to peg the proportion of Paleolithic hunter-gatherer ancestry across Europe on the order of ~75%. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2011 As a result, extremely high frequency signals or one-time rare event occurrences cannot be digitized, placing a limit on the system performance. Stephen Ibaraki, Forbes, 12 July 2022 B-52s are also getting a moving map display, improved voice and data communications, new information displays at all of the crew stations, and low and extremely high frequency communications equipment for both conventional and nuclear missions. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of extremely high frequency was in 1952

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“Extremely high frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extremely%20high%20frequency. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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