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periodic (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Recurring at intervals of time; such as, periodic revivals of an interest in etymology.
2. Occurring or appearing at regular intervals.
3. Repeated at irregular intervals; intermittent.
4. In physics: Recurring at equal intervals of time.
5. With reference to a mathematical function, having a graph that repeats after a fixed interval (period) of the independent variable.
6. In astronomy, characterized by a series of successive circuits or revolutions, as the motion of a planet or satellite and pertaining to a period, as of the revolution of a heavenly body.
7. A reference to or characterized by rhetorical periods, or periodic sentences.
2. Occurring or appearing at regular intervals.
3. Repeated at irregular intervals; intermittent.
4. In physics: Recurring at equal intervals of time.
5. With reference to a mathematical function, having a graph that repeats after a fixed interval (period) of the independent variable.
6. In astronomy, characterized by a series of successive circuits or revolutions, as the motion of a planet or satellite and pertaining to a period, as of the revolution of a heavenly body.
7. A reference to or characterized by rhetorical periods, or periodic sentences.
(Modern Latin: chemical element; named in honor of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeléyev, a Russian chemist who contributed so much to the development of the periodic table; radioactive metal)