fundamental frequency
nounPhysics.
the lowest frequency at which a medium will freely oscillate.
the frequency of the fundamental.
Origin of fundamental frequency
1Probably earlier than 1960–65
Words Nearby fundamental frequency
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How to use fundamental frequency in a sentence
When it vibrates as a whole, its frequency is the lowest possible, the fundamental frequency as we say.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son | John MillsHe would mean that both strings vibrated with the same fundamental frequency.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son | John MillsThe two subspecies of H. microcephala agree closely in fundamental frequency.
Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group | William E. DuellmanAs with the fundamental frequency, only the normal primary notes were utilized in the comparisons (Table 5, Fig 8).
Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group | William E. DuellmanThe two subspecies of H. microcephala agree more closely in this parameter than in fundamental frequency.
Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group | William E. Duellman
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