periodic (a)
periodical (a)

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type a
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def happening or recurring at regular intervals
examples the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form periodical → periodical; periodical → period
Derivationally related form periodic → periodicity
Antonym periodic → aperiodic
Similar to cyclic; oscillatory, oscillating; diurnal; daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day; nightly; weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary; semiweekly, biweekly; hourly; half-hourly; fortnightly, biweekly; annual, yearly; semiannual, biannual, biyearly, half-yearly; biennial, biyearly; triennial; monthly; bimonthly, bimestrial; semimonthly, bimonthly; semestral, semestrial; midweekly
Incoming links
Similar to cyclic; oscillatory, oscillating; diurnal; daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day; nightly; weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary; semiweekly, biweekly; hourly; half-hourly; fortnightly, biweekly; annual, yearly; semiannual, biannual, biyearly, half-yearly; biennial, biyearly; triennial; monthly; bimonthly, bimestrial; semimonthly, bimonthly; semestral, semestrial; midweekly
Antonym aperiodic → periodic
Derived from adjective periodically → periodical
Derivationally related form periodicity → periodic
Derivationally related form periodical → periodical; period → periodical

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