periodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɪə-/
ipa: /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/
rhymes: -ɒdɪk
Etymology: 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.
Senses: glosses: Relative to a period or periods.
examples: text: 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 […].”
ref: 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
synonyms: cyclic
glosses: Having repeated cycles.
synonyms: cyclic
glosses: Occurring at regular intervals.
glosses: Periodical.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
antonyms: non-periodic
glosses: Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: aperiodic
qualifier: stochastic processes
glosses: For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
raw_tags: of a state
glosses: Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
Synonyms: word: cyclic
word: cyclical
word: periodic
word: periodical
word: regular
Hypernyms: word: discontinuous
word: orderly
word: repetitive
Hyponyms: word: In terms of hours:
word: bihourly
word: circhoral
word: half-hourly
word: horary
word: hourly
word: hourwise
word: quarter-hourly
word: semihourly
word: subhourly
word: two-hourly
word: In terms of days:
word: bidaily
word: circadian
word: daily
word: diurnal
word: per diem
word: quotidian
word: semi-daily
word: semidiurnal
word: tertian
word: tridaily
word: In terms of weeks:
word: biweekly
word: circaseptan
word: fortnightly
word: hebdomadal
word: hebdomadary
word: semi-weekly
word: twi-weekly
word: twice-weekly
word: weekly
word: weeklyish
word: In terms of months:
word: bimensal
word: bimestrial
word: bimonthly
word: half-monthly
word: mensal
word: menstrual
word: menstruous
word: monthly
word: monthlyish
word: quarterly
word: semimenstrual
word: semimonthly
word: submonthly
word: thrice-monthly
word: trimestral
word: trimonthly
word: In terms of years:
word: annual
word: biannual
word: biennary
word: biennial
word: half-yearly
word: pentennial
word: quadrennial
word: quinquennial
word: quintennial
word: semestral
word: semiannual
word: triennial
word: trieterical
word: twice-yearly
word: yearly
word: In terms of centuries:
word: bicentennial
word: centennial
word: multicentennial
word: semicentennial
word: sesquicentennial
word: tricentennial
word: Other:
word: seasonal
word: secular
Derived terms: antiperiodic
aperiodic
biperiodic
diperiodic
equiperiodic
extraperiodic
isoperiodic
monoperiodic
multiperiodic
nonperiodic
omniperiodic
periodically
periodic classification
periodic comet
periodic continued fraction
periodic function
periodic inequality
periodic inventory
periodicize
periodic law
periodic month
periodic structure
periodic system
periodic table
photoperiodic
preperiodic
pseudoperiodic
quasi-periodic
quasiperiodic
semiperiodic
subperiodic
superperiodic
thermoperiodic
uniperiodic
unperiodic
Related terms: word: period
word: periodicity
word: catamenial