Periodic

English

Adjective

Periodic (not comparable)

1. Relative to a period or periods.
2. Having repeated cycles.
3. Occurring at regular intervals.
4. Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
5. periodical
6. (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
7. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) for which any return to it must occur in multiples of <math>k</math> time steps, for some <math>k>1</math>.

Antonyms

• math: aperiodic

Derived terms

terms derived from periodic

periodic classification periodic function periodic law

periodic system periodic table

Related terms

• period
• periodicity

Adjective

Periodic (not comparable)

1. Of or derived from a periodic acid.

Derived terms

• periodate
• periodic acid

Adverbs for Periodic

regularly; fortunately; reliably; dependably; wisely; ordinarily; invariably; infallibly; officially; necessarily; duly.

Thesaurus

alternate, articulated, beating, catenated, ceaseless, circling, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, cyclic, cyclical, direct, editorial, endless, episodic, epochal, even, ever-recurring, every other, featureless, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, frequent, gapless, harmonic, haunting, immediate, incessant, interminable, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, iterative, joined, jointless, journalese, journalistic, libratory, linked, magazinish, magaziny, measured, metronomic, monotonous, never-ending, newspaperish, newspapery, nonstop, nutational, occasional, on-again-off-again, oscillating, oscillatory, pendular, pendulous, perennial, periodical, pulsing, reappearing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, repetitive, reportorial, resonant, returning, revenant, rhythmic, rotary, round-the-clock, running, seamless, seasonal, serial, serried, smooth, sporadic, stable, steady, straight, thematic, thick-coming, twenty-four-hour, ubiquitous, unbroken, unceasing, undifferentiated, undulant, undulatory, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, vacillating, vacillatory, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavelike, wavering, wheeling

Etymology 1

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (“cycle, period of time”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɪə(ɹ).iˈɒdɪk/, SAMPA: /pI@(r).i."QdIk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdɪk

Etymology 2

per- +‎ iodic

Pronunciation

• enPR: "pûrīŏd'ĭk, IPA: /ˌpɜːraɪˈɒdɪk/, SAMPA: /%p3:raI"QdIk/

Translations

Adjective

relative to a period or periods

Greek: περιοδικός (el) (periodikós) m. Italian: periodico (it)

Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) Swedish: period- (sv)

having repeated cycles

Czech: periodický (cs) m. Danish: periodisk (da) French: périodique (fr) m. and f. Greek: περιοδικός (el) (periodikós) m. Hebrew: מחזורי (he) (machzorí)

Italian: periodico (it) m., periodica (it) f. Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) Polish: okresowy m. Swedish: periodisk (sv)

occurring at regular intervals

Danish: periodisk (da) Greek: περιοδικός (el) (periodikós) Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)

Polish: okresowy m. Swedish: periodisk (sv)

pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit

Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)

Swedish: periodisk (sv)

periodical

Danish: periodisk (da) Greek: περιοδικό (el) (periodikó) n.

Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki) Swedish: periodisk (sv)

math: of a state

Hebrew: מחזורי (he) (machzorí)

The translations below need to be checked.

• Spanish: periódico