high frequency

the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.

Origin of high frequency

First recorded in 1890–95

high-fre·quen·cy, adjective

Even those making money from deals made with high-frequency traders had no idea if they were making as much as they should.

Speed Reading Michael Lewis’s ‘Flash Boys’ |William O’Connor |March 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
High-frequency trading computers execute hundreds of trades per minute, largely on autopilot.

Let’s All Please Stop Overreacting to Bernanke’s Remarks |Daniel Gross |June 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
These upstarts appealed to the high-frequency traders who have come to dominate the market.

NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times |Daniel Gross |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
High-frequency trading accounts for about half the volume on U.S. stock exchanges.

When Machines Rule the World |Daniel Gross |October 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Just ask Knight Capital, BATS Global Markets, or the investors taken for a high-frequency ride during the “Flash Crash” of 2010.

In ‘Cosmopolis,’ Robert Pattinson Depicts Financial World Gone Mad |Alex Klein |August 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
With a spine-tingling brief blaze of high-frequency sound, Hoskins' oxygen-bottle hit the steel deck.

Breaking Point |James E. Gunn
Repeated applications of the high-frequency current, with the vacuum electrode, have also proved serviceable.

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin |Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Its high-frequency scream rose deafeningly above us and was torn away in unsteady gusts.

The Long Voyage |Carl Richard Jacobi
We might aid it with high-frequency radiation, but I distrust the effects on the prepsyche.

The Sky Is Falling |Lester del Rey
Warts are either better left alone or removed by a physician with the high-frequency spark or some other reliable method.

The Mother and Her Child |William S. Sadler

high frequency

a radio-frequency band or radio frequency lying between 3 and 30 megahertz Abbreviation: HF