regularity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French regularite, from Old French regularite, from Late Latin regularitas, regularitatem, from regularis; see regular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛɡjuˈlæɹəti/

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Noun

regularity (countable and uncountable, plural regularities)

1. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular

   I have been watching that show with regularity.

   • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.

2. (countable) A particular regular occurrence

Antonyms

• irregularity

Related terms

• regular

Translations

condition or quality of being regular

• Bulgarian: редовност (bg) f (redovnost), правилност (bg) (pravilnost)
• Catalan: regularitat f, periodicitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正則性, 正则性 (zhèngzéxìng), 規則性 (zh), 规则性 (zh) (guīzéxìng)

• Czech: pravidelnost f
• French: régularité (fr) f
• Galician: regularidade (gl) f
• German: Regelmäßigkeit (de) f
• Irish: rialtacht f
• Japanese: 規則性 (きそくせい, kisokusei), 正則性 (せいそくせい, seisokusei)
• Latvian: likumība f, likumsakarība f
• Polish: regularność (pl) f, prawidłowość (pl) f
• Portuguese: regularidade (pt) f
• Spanish: regularidad f, periodicidad f

Further reading

• regularity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regularity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911