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Definition of frame frequency

: the number of times per second that the frame area in television is completely scanned — compare line frequency

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First Known Use of frame frequency

1929, in the meaning defined above

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“Frame frequency.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frame%20frequency. Accessed 15 December 2019.

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