Periodic
[,pɪərɪ'ɒdɪk] or [,pɪrɪ'ɑdɪk]
Definition
(adj.) recurring or reappearing from time to time; 'periodic feelings of anxiety' .
(adj.) happening or recurring at regular intervals; 'the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.
(a.) Alt. of Periodical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Recurring (regularly).
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- Royalty payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mendelejeff’s _periodic law_, however, suggests great possibilities in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- If the current could be repeatedly reversed just as the helix completed its half turn, the motion could be prolonged; periodic current reversal would produce continuous rotation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Reform tickets make periodic sallies against it, crying economy, efficiency, and a business administration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Spain was too far off for periodic reliefs, and the war demanded a more thorough training than was possible with these on and off soldiers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Lucinda