Periodic vs Quasiperiodic - What's the difference?
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Relative to a period or periods.
Having repeated cycles.
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Occurring at regular intervals.
Periodical.
(label) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
For which any return to it must occur in multiples of time steps, for some .
(label) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
(label) Relating to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO) of iodine.
Of or derived from a periodic acid.
Almost periodic; recurring at irregular intervals.
(mathematics, of a function) Such that an increment of a variable leads to a multiplication by some function.
(physics, of an oscillation) Having two unrelated periods.
