periodic

adjat fixed intervals

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adj at fixed intervals

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cyclical

adjective. happening at regular intervals

daily

adjective. occurring every day; during the day

Word Origin & History

1640s, from French périodique (14c.), from Latin periodicus, from periodus (see period).

Periodic table in chemistry (1889) is from notion of the arrangement, in which similar properties recur at intervals in elements in the same area as you read down the rows of the table. This sense of the word is attested from 1872 (periodic law).

Example Sentences for periodic

The periodic or compensating errors of the planets is another instance.

But what was his surprise to observe that these alterations were not of an annually periodic character.

The periodic time of the moon is the interval required for one circuit of its orbit.

His hopes for the best had been but periodic interruptions to a chronic fear of the worst.

Juno was to at once begin her first contribution to periodic literature.

The periodic time of the earth is 365 days, omitting the quarter day.

"I suppose we could have periodic conferences," Plekhanov said.

They may, indeed, have quite a different origin from that of the periodic meteors.

These periodic flip-flops of the Social Pie are called Revolutions.

In runners and hunters the disease is liable to be periodic.

periodic

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cyclic

cyclical

daily

fitful

frequent

intermittent

periodic

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cyclical

daily

fitful

frequent

intermittent

Synonyms for periodic

cyclic