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Darn (medicine) and frequency (oh)


Darn (medicine)


darn


1. To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. "He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins." (Swift) Darning needle. A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.

2. <zoology> Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.

Synonym: devil's darning-needle.

Origin: OE. Derne, prob. Of Celtic origin; cf. W. Darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. To E. Tear. Cf. Tear.


frequency (oh)



[U] the number of times that something happens within a particular period of time or within a particular group of people
frequency of
::the frequency of serious road accidents
the high/low frequency (of sth)
::the higher frequency of diabetes in older people
::Side effects from prescribed drugs are being reported with increasing frequency (=more and more often) .
::The relative frequency of fraternal twins has halved since 1950.
[U] the fact that something happens a lot
-synonym regularity regularity
::Businesses come and go with alarming frequency .
[U and C] technical the number of Radio waves, sound waves etc that pass any point per second
::This station broadcasts on three different frequencies.
high/low frequency
::Dolphins produce a high frequency sound.
::the frequency range of the human ear