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Periodic vs Ticketing - What's the difference?

periodic | ticketing |

As a adjective periodic

is relative to a period or periods or periodic can be of or derived from a periodic acid.

As a noun ticketing is

the issuing or selling of tickets.

periodic

English

Alternative forms

* periodick (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(-)
  • 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 k time steps, for some k>1.
  • (label) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
  • (label) Relating to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO) of iodine.
    • Antonyms
    * (astronomy) non-periodic * (mathematics) aperiodic
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from periodic) * periodic classification * periodic function * periodic law * periodic system * periodic table
    Related terms
    * period * periodicity

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or derived from a periodic acid.
    • Derived terms
    * periodate * periodic acid English heteronyms ----

    ticketing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The issuing or selling of tickets
  • (UK, mining, dated) A periodic sale of ore in the mining districts, in which buyers wrote their bids upon tickets.