frequency response

American  

[free-kwuhn-see ri-spons] / ˈfri kwən si rɪˈspɒns /

noun

Electronics.

1. the effectiveness with which a circuit, device, or system processes and transmits signals fed into it, as a function of the signal frequency.

2. Also called frequency-response curve.  a graph of frequency response, with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency.

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Etymology

Origin of frequency response

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

That simulation allows her to predict the frequency response of the bony ossicles, and thus the hearing sensitivity of fish.

From Science Daily

While the alpha and beta frequency response was diminished in STG, it virtually vanished in all the higher cortical regions.

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And after a while, I have started to prefer their frequency response over my other editing headphones.

From The Verge

That lower frequency response is the signature of a time crystal.

From Science Magazine

It uses a special sensor to analyze a hanging lightbulb’s frequency response to sound through fluctuations in air pressure that cause vibrations.

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