单词 | recurrence interval |
释义 | > as lemmasrecurrence interval recurrence interval n. ΚΠ 1923 R. Lawson tr. A. Haas New Physics 44 in J. A. Thomson Sci. & Relig. (1925) iii. 100 In the case of a system with such a tremendous number of individuals, if we wished to state the recurrence interval of a chance arrangement sufficiently large to be detectable by the senses, the number of years which determines the period would be inconceivably large. 1965 R. G. Kazmann Mod. Hydrol. iv. 76 Statistical studies made to determine the recurrence interval of this design-flood resulted in figures ranging from 1000 to 90,000 years. 1982 R. G. Barry & R. J. Chorley Atmosphere, Weather & Climate (ed. 4) ii. 90 This is known as the recurrence interval or return period. 1990 Sci. Amer. Mar. 49/1 The best hope of determining recurrence intervals comes from a developing discipline called paleoseismology: the study of prehistoric earthquakes. 1991 New Scientist 31 Aug. 52/3 The frequency range used is 3 to 30 megahertz; the pulse recurrence frequencies range from a few hertz to several tens of hertz. < as lemmas |
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