Definition of High frequency

1. Noun. 3 to 30 megahertz.

Exact synonyms: Hf
Generic synonyms: Radio Frequency
Group relationships: Electromagnetic Spectrum

2. Noun. A pitch that is perceived as above other pitches.
Exact synonyms: High Pitch
Generic synonyms: Pitch
Antonyms: Low Pitch

Lexicographical Neighbors of High Frequency

high explosive
high explosives
high extinction microscopy
high falutin
high fashion
high fidelity
high fidelity sound system
high finance
high five
high fived
high fives
high fiving
high flier
high flyer
high forceps delivery
high frequency (current term)
high frequency current
high frequency deafness
high frequency gravitational wave
high frequency recombination strain
high frequency transduction
high fructose corn syrup
high gear
high ground
high hat
high heels
high hopes
high horse
high jinks
high jinx

Literary usage of High frequency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"An idea of the difficulties of construction of high frequency alternators ... Fairly full descriptions of high frequency machine generators will be found in ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The High-frequency Current in Hemorrhoids.—IMBERT (Marseilles medical, xliv, 581) has found the high-frequency current useful in hemorrhoids accompanied by ..."

3. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1916)
"A number of arrangements have been devised for generating high frequency currents and electric oscillations. Some of these appliances create damped and some ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"On an attempt to detect radiation from the surface of wires carrying alternating currents of high frequency. By OW RICHARDSON, BA, Coutts Trotter Student, ..."

5. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"The Measurement of high frequency Electric Currents. Hot Wire Ammeters.—In dealing with electrical oscillations and high frequency currents we require ..."

6. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"16 showing a three-stage high-frequency transformer-amplifier connected for the ... that these difficulties exist in all types of high-frequency amplifiers. ..."

7. Principles of Radio Communication by John Harold Morecroft, A. Pinto, Walter Andrew Curry (1921)
"16 showing a three-stai:- high-frequency transformer-amplifier connected for the reception d undamped waves. It will be noted that the grid of the first ..."

8. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"The Measurement of high frequency Electric Currents. Hot Wire Ammeters.—In dealing with electrical oscillations and high frequency currents we require ..."

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