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PERIODIC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does periodic mean?

• PERIODIC (adjective)
The adjective PERIODIC has 3 senses:

1. happening or recurring at regular intervals
2. recurring at regular intervals
3. recurring or reappearing from time to time

Familiarity information: PERIODIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• PERIODIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Happening or recurring at regular intervals

Synonyms:

periodic; periodical

Similar:

cyclic (marked by repeated cycles)

intermittent (stopping and starting at regular intervals)

oscillating; oscillatory (having periodic vibrations)

pulsed (produced or transmitted or modulated in short bursts or pulses)

Antonym:

aperiodic (not recurring at regular intervals)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Recurring at regular intervals

Similar:

rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Recurring or reappearing from time to time

Context example:

periodic feelings of anxiety

Similar:

sporadic (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances)

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