Periodic

Adjective

 * 1) Relative to a period or periods.
 * 2) Having repeated cycles.
 * 3) Occurring at regular intervals.
 * 4) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
 * 5) periodical
 * 6)  Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
 * 7)  for which any return to it must occur in multiples of $$k$$ time steps, for some $$k>1$$.

Antonyms

 * math: aperiodic

Derived terms

 * periodic classification
 * periodic function
 * periodic law


 * periodic system
 * periodic table

Related terms

 * period
 * periodicity

Adjective

 * 1) Of or derived from a periodic acid.

Derived terms

 * periodate
 * periodic acid

Adverbs for Periodic
regularly; fortunately; reliably; dependably; wisely; ordinarily; invariably; infallibly; officially; necessarily; duly.

Thesaurus
alternate, articulated, beating, catenated, ceaseless, circling, concatenated, connected, constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, cyclic, cyclical, direct, editorial, endless, episodic, epochal, even, ever-recurring, every other, featureless, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, frequent, gapless, harmonic, haunting, immediate, incessant, interminable, intermittent, isochronal, isochronous, iterative, joined, jointless, journalese, journalistic, libratory, linked, magazinish, magaziny, measured, metronomic, monotonous, never-ending, newspaperish, newspapery, nonstop, nutational, occasional, on-again-off-again, oscillating, oscillatory, pendular, pendulous, perennial, periodical, pulsing, reappearing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, regular, repeated, repetitive, reportorial, resonant, returning, revenant, rhythmic, rotary, round-the-clock, running, seamless, seasonal, serial, serried, smooth, sporadic, stable, steady, straight, thematic, thick-coming, twenty-four-hour, ubiquitous, unbroken, unceasing, undifferentiated, undulant, undulatory, unending, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, vacillating, vacillatory, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavelike, wavering, wheeling

Etymology 1
From périodique:, from  periodicus:, from  periodus:, from  περίοδος:

Adjective

 * Greek: περιοδικός
 * Italian: periodico


 * Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)
 * Swedish: period-


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * French:
 * Greek: περιοδικός
 * Hebrew: מחזורי


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)
 * Polish: okresowy
 * Swedish:


 * Danish:
 * Greek: περιοδικός
 * Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)


 * Polish: okresowy
 * Swedish:


 * Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)


 * Swedish:


 * Danish:
 * Greek:


 * Japanese: 周期的 (shūki-teki)
 * Swedish:


 * Hebrew: מחזורי


 * : periódico