frequency band

American  

noun

Radio and Television.

1. band.

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frequency band British  

noun

1. a continuous range of frequencies, esp in the radio spectrum, between two limiting frequencies

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Etymology

Origin of frequency band

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

“Forty years is an eternity in this sector. You could use the same frequency band for multiple purposes,” a third industry source said.

From Reuters

The auction will now enter an assignment phase, which will see the operators jockeying for position within their frequency bands.

From BBC

The wider the frequency band that can be detected, the more acoustic signals can be contained within it, enabling the transmission of a distinguishable signal in a short interval.

From Scientific American

To study crocodilian vocalizations, the team placed alligators in an airtight, helium-filled chamber and found that the high-energy frequency bands of their bellows got even higher.

From Science Magazine

The survey, called Project Ozma, saw no sign of artifice, such as an intense spike squeezed into a narrow frequency band.

From Science Magazine