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Wednesday’s Question: It’s National Radio Day! What does the ‘F’ in FM stand for?

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Wednesday’s Question: It’s National Radio Day! What does the ‘F’ in FM stand for?
Posted on by Kat Walters

Definition is: the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.

or

The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured per second.

Synonyms are repetition and recurrence

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