privity definition: Privity is defined as a secret between two people, or a close relationship recognized by law. (noun) When two people know the family secret, this is an example of a shared privity. When two people enter into a contract together, ...
The period is the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency. For example, if a newborn baby's heart beats at a frequency of 120 times a minute, its periodâthe time interval between beatsâis half a second (that is, 60 seconds divided by 120 beats).
If the period, or time interval, required to complete one cycle or vibration is 1/2 second, the frequency is 2 per second; if the period is 1/100 of an hour, the frequency is 100 per hour. In general, the frequency is the reciprocal of the period, or time interval; i.e., frequency = 1/period = 1/(time interval). The frequency with which the Moon revolves around Earth is slightly more than 12 cycles per year. The frequency of the A string of a violin is 440 vibrations or cycles per second.