Regularity

//ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or quality of being regular uncountable

    "I have been watching that show with regularity."

  2. 2
    the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate wordnet
  3. 3
    A particular regular occurrence countable
  4. 4
    a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles wordnet

Synonyms

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arrangementarraybalancebilateral symmetrycadenceceaselessness

Example

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"The city is laid out with beautiful regularity."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin rēgulāritās, rēgulāritātem, from rēgulāris; see regular. By surface analysis, regular + -ity.

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axiom of regularity

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