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Intermittent vs Periodicity - What's the difference?

intermittent | periodicity |

As nouns the difference between intermittent and periodicity

is that intermittent is an intermittent fever or disease while periodicity is recurrence of a woman's periods; menstruation.

As an adjective intermittent

is stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant.

intermittent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
    • The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
    Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
  • (specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
    • The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.

    Derived terms

    * intermittently

    Related terms

    * inter * inter- * intermittence * intermittency

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, dated) An intermittent fever or disease.
    • (Dunglison)
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    periodicity

    English

    (wikipedia periodicity)

    Noun

    (periodicities)
  • Recurrence]] of a woman's [[period, periods; menstruation.
  • The quality of being periodic; tendency to recur at regular intervals.
  • (mathematics) The quality of a function with a repeated set of values at regular intervals.

    • Related terms

    * period * periodic