intermittence
English edit
Noun edit
intermittence (countable and uncountable, plural intermittences)
- The state of being sporadic or intermittent; a lack of flow or fluency.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 270:
- I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
state of being intermittent — see intermittency
French edit
Noun edit
intermittence f (plural intermittences)
Further reading edit
- “intermittence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.