periodic
1 Americanadjective
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recurring at intervals of time.
periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
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occurring or appearing at regular intervals.
periodic visits by doctors to the village.
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repeated at irregular intervals; intermittent.
periodic outbreaks of the disease.
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Physics. recurring at equal intervals of time.
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Mathematics. (of a function) having a graph that repeats after a fixed interval period of the independent variable.
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Astronomy.
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characterized by a series of successive circuits or revolutions, as the motion of a planet or satellite.
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of or relating to a period, as of the revolution of a heavenly body.
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pertaining to or characterized by rhetorical periods, or periodic sentences.
adjective
adjective
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happening or recurring at intervals; intermittent
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of, relating to, or resembling a period
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having or occurring in repeated periods or cycles
Other Word Forms
- periodically adverb
- periodicity noun
Etymology
Origin of periodic1
First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin periodicus, from Greek periodikós; period, -ic
Origin of periodic2
Example Sentences
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A strategy that uses periodic rebalancing to keep holdings roughly equal means “you have to trade a lot more of those bottom names,” he says.
Throughout the nineteenth century, periodic waves of the disease sent more mortals than usual off to the world of spirits.
From Literature
The Blue Owl episode highlights the friction that can emerge when periodic, albeit limited, liquidity is promised against fundamentally illiquid underlying assets.
From MarketWatch
For several years, miners said, the Venezuelan national guard has conducted periodic raids on illegal mines.
Instead it’s a holdover from a bygone era of the gold standard, fixed exchange rates and periodic panics about global liquidity.
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