periodic
See also: periòdic
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). Equivalent to period + -ic.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/, /ˌpɪə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdɪk
- Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od‧ic
AdjectiveEdit
periodic (not comparable)
- Relative to a period or periods.
- Having repeated cycles.
- 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 […].”
- Synonym: cyclic
- 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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TranslationsEdit
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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Etymology 2Edit
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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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LadinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
periodic m pl
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin periodicus or Ancient Greek περιοδικός (periodikós) or French périodique. By surface analysis, period + -ic.
AdjectiveEdit
periodic m or n (feminine singular periodică, masculine plural periodici, feminine and neuter plural periodice)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of periodic
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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 |