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intermittent
Stopping and starting at intervals.
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  1. Stopping and starting at intervals.
  2. Alternately containing and empty of water:
  3. Stopping and starting at intervals; pausing from time to time; periodic
periodical
Of or relating to a publication issued at such intervals.
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  1. Of or relating to a publication issued at such intervals.
  2. Published at regular intervals, as weekly, monthly, etc.
  3. Of a periodical
recurrent
(Anat.) Turning back in the opposite direction
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  1. (Anat.) Turning back in the opposite direction
  2. Occurring or appearing again or repeatedly.
  3. (Anatomy) Turning in a reverse direction. Used of blood vessels and nerves.
cyclic
(Chem.) Of or relating to a major group of organic compounds, structured in closed chains, including aromatic, alicyclic, and heterocyclic compounds
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  1. (Chem.) Of or relating to a major group of organic compounds, structured in closed chains, including aromatic, alicyclic, and heterocyclic compounds
  2. Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals
  3. Relating to or characterized by cycles:
cyclic
Of, or having the nature of, a cycle; moving or occurring in cycles
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  1. Of, or having the nature of, a cycle; moving or occurring in cycles
  2. (Chem.) Of or relating to a major group of organic compounds, structured in closed chains, including aromatic, alicyclic, and heterocyclic compounds
  3. Relating to or characterized by cycles:
cyclical
Recurring at regular intervals
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  1. Recurring at regular intervals
  2. Tending to rise and fall in line with the fluctuations of the business cycle
  3. Cyclic
isochronal
Equal in duration.
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  1. Equal in duration.
  2. Happening at regular periods; isochronous, periodic
  3. Characterized by or occurring at equal intervals of time.
isochronous
Happening at regular intervals
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  1. Happening at regular intervals
  2. (Computing) of or pertaining to data associated with time sensitive application
  3. (Computing) of or pertaining to the use of clocks derived from the same clock reference
periodical
Of or relating to a publication issued at such intervals.
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  1. Of or relating to a publication issued at such intervals.
  2. Published at regular intervals, as weekly, monthly, etc.
  3. Of a periodical
recurrent
(Anat.) Turning back in the opposite direction
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  1. (Anat.) Turning back in the opposite direction
  2. Appearing or occurring again or periodically
  3. (Anatomy) Turning in a reverse direction. Used of blood vessels and nerves.
fitful
Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
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  1. Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
  2. Characterized by irregular or intermittent activity, impulses, etc.; spasmodic; restless
intermittent
Stopping and starting at intervals.
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  1. Stopping and starting at intervals.
  2. Alternately containing and empty of water:
  3. Stopping and starting at intervals; pausing from time to time; periodic
occasional
Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
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  1. Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
  2. Intended for use as the occasion requires:
  3. Created for a special occasion:
periodical
Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
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  1. Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
  2. Published at regular intervals, as weekly, monthly, etc.
  3. Of a periodical
sporadic
Widely separated from others, scattered, or isolated in occurrence; appearing singly, apart, or in isolated instances
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  1. Widely separated from others, scattered, or isolated in occurrence; appearing singly, apart, or in isolated instances
  2. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order:
  3. (Medicine) Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition:
Find another word for periodic. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for periodic, like: intermittent, periodical, recurrent, cyclic, intermittent, cyclic, cyclical, isochronal, isochronous, periodical and recurrent.

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  • "Time for our periodic chat, little brother," he said, and motioned to the other chair before the hearth.

  • Numerous attempts have been made to find periodic variations in thunderstorm frequency.

  • Instead they searched their surroundings wildly in the light of periodic lightning and the fire at the far end of the hall.

  • His name is best known for the share he had in the periodic classification of the elements.

  • In its chemical relations, titanium is generally tetravalent, and occurs in the same sub-group of the periodic classification as zirconium, cerium and thorium.

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