Periodical
[pɪərɪ'ɒdɪk(ə)l] or [,pɪrɪ'ɑdɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.
(a.) Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.
(a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence.
(n.) A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Recurring (regularly).
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Stated, recurrent, regular, systematic, calculable
ANT:Indeterminate, eccentric, irregular, incalculable, spasmodic, fitful
Checker: Phelps
Examples
- In the periodical publications of June, 1914, may be read the eloquent announcement: Langley's Folly Flies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Come to me with the books for periodical inspection as usual, at eight on Monday morning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Had _Chambers's Journal_ existed in those days, it would certainly have formed Miss Helstone's and Farren's favourite periodical. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By the periodical assistance of the monsoons, they traversed the ocean in about forty days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The periodical store I soon closed, as the boy in charge could not be trusted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She had read of them in a periodical. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There were periodical occasions when Mr. Jaggers and Wemmick went over the office accounts, and checked off the vouchers, and put all things straight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The noises were sufficiently removed and shut out from the counting-house to blend into a busy hum, interspersed with periodical clinks and thumps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Such stamp duties as those in England upon cards and dice, upon newspapers and periodical pamphlets, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then, as he read on, he remarked, as though to himself, What a curious periodical this is! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rice for its growth needs periodical flooding, and irrigation often supplies the necessary water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Another marvel of the periodical of our day is the printing of some of the pages in the full colors of the original paintings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He considers this, which I have called a custom, as a real periodical disease, peculiar to the climate. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Besides, the board made periodical pilgrimages to the farm, and always sent the beadle the day before, to say they were going. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I get my bread by drawing and engraving on wood for the cheap periodicals. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His letters, in the dearth of scientific associations and the absence of scientific periodicals, served as a general news agency among the learned of his time. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then in 1803 the English periodicals began to take the matter up and discuss the whole subject. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But in the fascist periodicals it says there are hundreds of thousands. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The office was located in a jewelry store, where newspapers and periodicals were also sold. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The remaining shelves of the first gallery are filled with current numbers (and some back numbers) of the numerous periodicals to which Edison subscribes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After being on the train for several months, I started two stores in Port Huron--one for periodicals, and the other for vegetables, butter, and berries in the season. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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