frequency function
nounUK /ˈfriː.kwən.si ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
US /ˈfriː.kwən.si ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
A frequency function is a math rule that tells you how often something happens.
The teacher used a frequency function to count how many students chose each favorite color.
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2. In statistics, a function that gives the number of times each value appears in a data set.
The frequency function showed that the number 7 appeared five times in the list.
3. In physics, a mathematical relationship describing how often a wave or signal repeats over time.
Engineers studied the frequency function of the sound wave to understand its pitch.
4. A function that maps each outcome to how frequently it occurs in repeated trials.
By plotting the frequency function, they could see which results were most common.