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Frequency

The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.

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Attendance 76% connected

Attention; regard; careful application.

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Incidence 76% connected

A falling on or upon; an incident; an event.

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infrared 76% connected

Relating to the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum

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Cardinal 76% connected

Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Ratio 76% connected

The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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Frequent 74% connected

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.

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Frequent 74% connected

Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.

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Frequence 92% connected

A crowd; a throng; a concourse.

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Oftenness 92% connected

Frequency.

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Acceleration noun · 85% connection

(physics) a rate of increase of velocity

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Flow noun · 85% connection

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

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Intensity noun · 84% connection

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measur…

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Speed noun · 84% connection

distance travelled per unit time

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Strength noun · 84% connection

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measur…

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Velocity noun · 84% connection

distance travelled per unit time

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Addition noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that fa…

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Centile noun · 78% connection

(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…

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Decline noun · 78% connection

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

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Decrease verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Diminish verb · 78% connection

decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell drama…

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

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Effect noun · 78% connection

an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in h…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a perio…

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Magnitude noun · 78% connection

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the m…

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Mean adjective · 78% connection

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Words connected by meaning

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Accelerate verb · 78% connection

To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.

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Burden noun · 78% connection

The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often re…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligati…

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Crackle verb · 78% connection

To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.

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Crackling noun · 78% connection

The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Dailiness noun · 78% connection

Daily occurence.

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Dingdong noun · 78% connection

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

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Ditty verb · 78% connection

A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

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Existence noun · 78% connection

Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.

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Foretell verb · 78% connection

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

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From preposition · 78% connection

Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever depart…

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