periodic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpɪə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/ (General-American)
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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.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Relative to a period or periods.
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(not-comparable) Having repeated cycles.
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 […].”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
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(not-comparable) Occurring at regular intervals.
That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.
2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
- (not-comparable) Periodical.
- (not-comparable) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
- (not-comparable, of a state, qualifier:stochastic processes) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
- (not-comparable, rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
Antonyms
noncyclic · irregular · non-periodic · unperiodic · noncyclical · acyclical · aperiodic
Deriveds
periodic comet · quasiperiodic · thermoperiodic · periodic inequality · periodicize · biperiodic · superperiodic · periodically · diperiodic · periodic function · photoperiodic · antiperiodic · periodic structure · periodic classification · isoperiodic · uniperiodic · periodic system · nonperiodic · TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome · periodic inventory · equiperiodic · pseudoperiodic · aperiodic · monoperiodic · periodic fever syndrome · multiperiodic · quasi-periodic · periodic month · unperiodic · periodic continued fraction · extraperiodic · semiperiodic · subperiodic · preperiodic · periodic law · omniperiodic · periodic table
Hypernyms
repetitive · discontinuous · orderly
Hyponyms
monthly · tricentennial · biannual · bidaily · tridaily · Other: · quadrennial · biennial · quinquennial · twice-yearly · biweekly · annual · tertian · semi-daily · diurnal · quarter-hourly · trieterical · per diem · fortnightly · In terms of months: · yearly · triennial · hebdomadary · two-hourly · menstrual · twice-weekly · quintennial · semihourly · twi-weekly · bimestrial · half-monthly · bicentennial · mensal · semestral · bimensal · circhoral · hourly · centennial · half-yearly · seasonal · semimenstrual · pentennial · circadian · circaseptan · bimonthly · subhourly · trimestral · In terms of centuries: · daily · In terms of hours: · half-hourly · thrice-monthly · weekly · hourwise · semi-weekly · semimonthly · biennary · semiannual · In terms of days: · multicentennial · semicentennial · secular · weeklyish · hebdomadal · sesquicentennial · submonthly · horary · monthlyish · In terms of weeks: · menstruous · quotidian · quarterly · semidiurnal · trimonthly · bihourly · In terms of years:
Relateds
period · periodicity · catamenial
Synonyms
periodic · cyclic · cyclic · regular · cyclical · cyclic · periodical
Translations (73)
ja 周期的 (periodical) · pl okresowy (having repeated cycles) · ca periòdic (occurring at regular intervals) · bg периодичен ((mathematics) of a state) · sv regelbunden (occurring at regular intervals) · el περιοδικός (relative to a period or periods) · fi aikakautinen (relative to a period or periods) · fi jaksollinen (relative to a period or periods) · el περιοδικός (occurring at regular intervals) · yi פּעריאָדיש (occurring at regular intervals) · hu szakaszos (relative to a period or periods) · fr périodique (having repeated cycles) · yi פּעריאָדיש (having repeated cycles) · el περιοδικός (having repeated cycles) · fr périodique (relative to a period or periods) · mi huirangi (occurring at regular intervals) · da periodisk (occurring at regular intervals) · pt periódico (relative to a period or periods) · hu időszaki (occurring at regular intervals) · ca periòdic (having repeated cycles) · el περιοδικό (periodical) · ja 周期的 (having repeated cycles) · ja 周期的 (relative to a period or periods) · fr périodique (occurring at regular intervals) · hu ismétlődő (having repeated cycles) · sv period- (relative to a period or periods) · es periódico (having repeated cycles) · bg реторичен ((rhetoric) having structure characterized by periodic sentences) · fi säännöllinen (occurring at regular intervals) · fi kausittainen (periodical) · sv periodisk (periodical) · pl okresowy (occurring at regular intervals) · sv periodisk (having repeated cycles) · sv periodisk ((astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit) · fi jaksollinen (having repeated cycles) · ja 周期的 ((astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit) · da periodisk (having repeated cycles) · fi jaksollinen ((astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit) · cmn 週期的 /周期的 (having repeated cycles) · bg периодичен (relative to a period or periods) · hu periodikus (occurring at regular intervals) · nb periodisk (occurring at regular intervals) · nn periodisk (occurring at regular intervals) · uk періоди́чний (having repeated cycles) · kk периодты (relative to a period or periods) · bg периодичен (occurring at regular intervals) · mi putaputa (periodical) · kk периодтық (relative to a period or periods) · fi jaksollinen (occurring at regular intervals) · mi kauteatea (occurring at regular intervals) · de periodisch (having repeated cycles) · ru периоди́ческий (having repeated cycles) · pt periódico (having repeated cycles) · pl periodyczny (having repeated cycles) · pl periodyczny (occurring at regular intervals) · he מחזורי (having repeated cycles) · it periodico (relative to a period or periods) · fi jaksollinen (periodical) · ms berkala (occurring at regular intervals) · bg цикличен (having repeated cycles) · uk періоди́чний (occurring at regular intervals) · sv periodisk (occurring at regular intervals) · cs periodický (having repeated cycles) · ga tréimhsiúil (occurring at regular intervals) · it periodica (having repeated cycles) · fi jaksollinen ((mathematics) of a state) · hu időszakos (relative to a period or periods) · pt periódico (occurring at regular intervals) · ja 周期的 (occurring at regular intervals) · it periodico (having repeated cycles) · he מחזורי ((mathematics) of a state) · ga tréimhsiúil ((astronomy) pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit) · da periodisk (periodical)