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very high frequency
noun
: a radio frequency between ultrahigh frequency and high frequency see Radio Frequencies Table
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Military aircraft often utilize ultra-high frequency (UHF) radios while civilian aircraft utilize very high frequency (VHF).
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Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Feb. 2025
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City vibrates at a very high frequency.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Further investigation identified all six as part of an entirely new class of quakes known as VF (very high frequency) events.
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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.
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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.
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Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
Then, very high frequencies started to grate on me in the studio, onstage, on the street.
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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.
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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.
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WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
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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
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“Very high frequency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20high%20frequency. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
very high frequency
noun
: a radio frequency in the range between 30 and 300 megahertz
—abbreviation VHF
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