low frequency
any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF
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- low-fre·quen·cy, adjective
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Subwoofers are dedicated to low frequencies, usually in the 20-200Hz range.
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Big Bang: How We Are Trying to ‘Listen’ to It—and the New Physics It Could Unveil | Francesco Muia | July 16, 2021 | Singularity HubThe Q20s include BassUp technology designed to analyze low frequencies and boost the bass.
The best budget headphones: Cutting cost doesn’t have to mean ditching features | Billy Cadden | June 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSo, an ad set with a large audience and low frequency will typically hit creative fatigue slower than an account with tiny audiences.
SMX Overtime: Eternal testing, the key to Facebook Ads success | Amy Bishop | December 21, 2020 | Search Engine LandBecause the spiders strike only at low frequencies, they’re probably using the lower end of their hearing to listen for prey and hunt.
Ogre-faced spiders listen closely to snatch bugs from the air | Curtis Segarra | November 30, 2020 | Science News For Students
The only explanation of this marvelous process given is that the inventor used very low frequency wireless waves in a new way.
The American Postal Service | Louis MeliusSome of the vibrations are of high enough frequency to be audible, while others are of very low frequency.
Earthquakes | Kaye M. ShedlockThe two sets of figures show some corroborative features, notably the low frequency from 1860 to 1870.
When fitted with a spark gap the high voltage, low frequency currents are converted into high voltage, high frequency currents.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book | A. Frederick CollinsThe low-frequency ringers have the largest weights and the high-frequency the smallest, of course.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster Miller
British Dictionary definitions for low frequency
a radio-frequency band or a frequency lying between 300 and 30 kilohertz: Abbreviation: LF
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