periodic

Meanings

Adjective

happening or recurring at regular intervals
- "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"

Adjective Satellite

recurring or reappearing from time to time
- "periodic feelings of anxiety"

Adj

Relative to a period or periods.
Having repeated cycles.
Occurring at regular intervals.
Periodical.
Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

cyclic, cyclical, occasional, periodic, periodical, regular

Antonyms

acyclical, aperiodic, irregular, non-periodic, noncyclic, noncyclical, unperiodic

Scrabble Score: 13

periodic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 15

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