Frequency and Sound

Frequency

Frequency noun - The fact or state of happening often.

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Sound and frequency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sound" instead a noun "Frequency".

Nearby Words: frequent, frequently, frequence

Sound noun - Range of hearing.

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Frequency and sound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Frequency" instead a noun "Sound".

Nearby Words: sounded, soundness, soundly, sounding, sounder

characteristic	characteristic frequency	characteristic sound
low	low frequency	low sound
exact	exact frequency	exact sound
certain	certain frequency	certain sound
Other adjectives: actual, audible, weird, strange, different, creepy.

If the pitch of the sound matches the natural vibration frequency of the object, and if the volume of the sound is loud enough, then the resulting vibration can cause the object to break.

Source: Glass-Shattering Sound
It can do these things because it has such a large wave amplitude that when the sound collides with an object, it causes a massive vibrations similar to an object at its resonance frequency (only with the Chrysler horn no resonance frequency is needed).

Source: Make Me Wanna Shout / Real Life
Infrasound (sound waves below 20Hz in frequency) genuinely produces some odd physiological effects.

Source: Sonic Stunner

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