✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

low frequency

noun

: a radio frequency between medium frequency and very low frequency see Radio Frequencies Table

Examples of low frequency in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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. New Atlas, 27 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 Less than a millimeter thick, the material absorbs up to 97 percent of sound, particularly the low frequencies that engineers want to keep out of the cockpit. Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for low frequency

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of low frequency was in 1937

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Low frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low%20frequency. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

low frequency

noun
: a radio frequency in the range between 30 and 300 kilohertz
abbreviation LF
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!