Etymograph

English

gyrofrequency

From gyro- + frequency.

Formed from gyro- + frequency

Proto-Indo-European *gew- ‘to curve, to bend’

Ancient Greek γῦρος ‘circle’

English gyro-

Proto-Italic *frekʷents

Latin frequens ‘crowded, crammed, packed’

Latin frequentia ‘crowd, multitude, throng’

English frequency

Today it means

noun The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field.

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