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low frequency
noun
: a radio frequency between medium frequency and very low frequency see Radio Frequencies Table
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Still, Rudolph doubted that the low frequencies from HARD Summer would travel as far as 9 miles.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Noise canceling mostly affects the low frequencies, but high frequencies are still getting through.
—Caroline Houck, Vox, 26 June 2024
Miami will feel the low frequency rumble of thundering techno — and perhaps some forecast thunderstorms — as the masses descend on Bayfront Park in downtown Miami to see and hear hundreds of DJs crank up the beats for the 24th annual Ultra Music Festival.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The animals can produce low frequency drumming sounds by flexing their muscles against their swim bladder.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Low frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low%20frequency. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
low frequency
noun
: a radio frequency in the range between 30 and 300 kilohertz
—abbreviation LF
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