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quasiperiodic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English per- English iodic English periodic English quasiperiodic From quasi- + periodic.

Meanings

  1. Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
  2. (of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
  3. (of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.

Forms

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quasi-periodic alternative lexicographic
more quasiperiodic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most quasiperiodic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

quasiperiodically · nonquasiperiodic · quasiperiodicity