The meaning of Periodic

adjective

Occurring in cycles; regularly repeated.

Usage examples:

The cyclic pattern of the last two decades

adjective

Relating to or involving a cycle of events (= a set of events that are repeated regularly in the same order)

Usage examples:

Tourism industry experts said us appetites for travel are cyclic., cyclic changes in a star's posit…

adjective

Occurring in cycles; recurrent.

Usage examples:

The cyclical nature of the cement industry

adjective

Not occurring often; rare.

Usage examples:

Her visits were so infrequent

adjective

Not happening often; rare

Usage examples:

Wiggins made one of his infrequent trips into manhattan.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

Usage examples:

Intermittent rain

adjective

Not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with long periods in between

Usage examples:

It rained intermittently all day.

adjective

Occurring, appearing, or done infrequently and irregularly.

Usage examples:

The occasional car went by but no taxis

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

Usage examples:

An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

noun

A magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals.

Usage examples:

Under the act, newspapers, magazines and periodicals are exempt from the need to be qualified to gi…

adjective

Occurring or appearing at intervals; occasional.

Usage examples:

She took periodical gulps of her tea

noun

A magazine that is published regularly

Usage examples:

The library subscribes to a number of periodicals dealing with the arts and sciences.

adjective

Occurring often or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

She had a recurrent dream about falling

adjective

Happening again many times

Usage examples:

The patient has a two-month history of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis., the 'what ifs' of histo…

adjective

Occurring again periodically or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Gratitude is a recurring theme in the book

verb

Occur again periodically or repeatedly.

Usage examples:

When the symptoms recurred, the doctor diagnosed something different

adjective

Happening or being done, paid, etc. regularly, rather than on only one occasion

Usage examples:

Recurring revenues/costs/expenses the company returned to growth last year with recurring revenues …

adjective

Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.

Usage examples:

Plant the flags at regular intervals

noun

A regular customer, member of a team, etc.

Usage examples:

Pub regulars

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next

Usage examples:

A regular heartbeat, working regular hours, trees were planted at regular intervals along the avenu…

adjective

Done or occurring again several times in the same way.

Usage examples:

There were repeated attempts to negotiate

verb

Say again something one has already said.

Usage examples:

‘are you hurt?’ he repeated

adjective

Happening again and again

Usage examples:

Repeated attempts/warnings, he has repeatedly denied being there.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a particular season of the year.

Usage examples:

A selection of seasonal fresh fruit

adjective

Available or happening during one of the four parts of a year

Usage examples:

Seasonal jobs/work, seasonal fruits and vegetables, seasonal decorations

adjective

Relating to, available, or happening during a particular period of the year

Usage examples:

A seasonal employee/worker, a seasonal business/job, seasonal demand/employment/work, seasonal crop…

adjective

Occurring or done in brief, irregular bursts.

Usage examples:

Spasmodic fighting continued

adjective

Happening suddenly for short periods of time and not in a regular way

Usage examples:

He made spasmodic attempts to clean up the house.

adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

Usage examples:

Sporadic fighting broke out

adjective

Not happening or appearing in a pattern; not continuous or regular

Usage examples:

She makes sporadic trips to europe., the storm caused sporadic flooding throughout the region., i’v…