Periodic

//ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relative to a period or periods. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having repeated cycles. not-comparable

    "There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”"

  4. 4
    Occurring at regular intervals. not-comparable

    "That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets."

  5. 5
    Periodical. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit. not-comparable
  2. 7
    For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1. not-comparable
  3. 8
    Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences. not-comparable, rhetoric
Adjective
  1. 1
    recurring or reappearing from time to time wordnet
  2. 2
    happening or recurring at regular intervals wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.

Etymology 2

From per- + iodic.

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