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

However, their effects are extremely weak and have been discovered only in relatively low frequency band using the method of interferometry.

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"We hope to demonstrate that a single adaptable filter is sufficient for all the frequency bands," says Du.

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"If you want to do that, you need more bandwidth, and that bandwidth simply doesn't exist using conventional frequency bands."

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While these results are impressive already, the new technique opens the possibility of capturing more details in this frequency band of light than ever before.

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Low frequency bands of brainwaves were fed through a special algorithm, which produced a 'read out' of the phonological information that was being encoded.

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