periodic
See also: periòdic
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Etymology 1 edit
From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/, /ˌpɪə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdɪk
- Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od‧ic
Adjective edit
periodic (not comparable)
- Relative to a period or periods.
- Having repeated cycles.
- Synonym: cyclic
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
- Occurring at regular intervals.
- Synonyms: cyclic; see also Thesaurus:periodic
- Periodical.
- (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
- Antonym: non-periodic
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of time steps, for some .
- Antonym: aperiodic
- (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
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relative to a period or periods
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having repeated cycles
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occurring at regular intervals
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periodical
(astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit
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(mathematics) of a state
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(rhetoric) having structure characterized by periodic sentences
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periodic (not comparable)
- Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.
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periodic m pl
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin periodicus or Ancient Greek περιοδικός (periodikós) or French périodique. By surface analysis, period + -ic.
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periodic m or n (feminine singular periodică, masculine plural periodici, feminine and neuter plural periodice)
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indefinite | periodic | periodică | periodici | periodice | ||
definite | periodicul | periodica | periodicii | periodicele | |||
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indefinite | periodic | periodice | periodici | periodice | ||
definite | periodicului | periodicei | periodicilor | periodicelor |