very high frequency

noun

: a radio frequency between ultrahigh frequency and high frequency see Radio Frequencies Table

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Further investigation identified all six as part of an entirely new class of quakes known as VF (very high frequency) events. Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024 This means the sim needs to vibrate at very high frequencies with that ultra-low friction and no recoil to be a realistic as possible. Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024 Aeroplane sims don’t require very high frequency inputs (unless the flight is going very wrong indeed), but cars encounter speed bumps, rumble strips, sawtooth kerbs, cat’s eyes, and so on. Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024 Then, very high frequencies started to grate on me in the studio, onstage, on the street. Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024 The ship’s pilot made a very high frequency (VHF) radio call for tugs in the area to assist. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024 With such a small wavelength, and a very high frequency, gamma rays can interact with matter at very high energy levels. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023 Urgent marine broadcasts have also been issued over very high frequency marine radio requesting sailors be on the lookout for the missing group and their boat. Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023 Hypersonix’s products and technology stack is designed to first bring together disparate data sets in a unified data model for commerce and then subsequently, enable highly contextual and customized algorithms to be executed at a very high frequency. Annie Brown, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of very high frequency was in 1920

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“Very high frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20high%20frequency. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

very high frequency

noun
: a radio frequency in the range between 30 and 300 megahertz
abbreviation VHF
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