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periodicity

periodicity

2 7.6
A regular pattern when something happens again at set times
  • noun
  • /ˌpɪr.iˈɒd.ɪ.sɪ.ti/
translation icon : periodicidad
  • The periodicity of the seasons allows farmers to plan their crops effectively.
  • periodicity and contextuality
  • spatial periodicity
  • functional periodicity

It's there's no periodicity, so you can't use simple method.

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Examples

  • The following section will discuss how contextuality and periodicity affected the process of invention.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Town founding in the Willamette Valley responded to two cyclical periodicities over the span of nearly a century (Figure 2).

    Academic text (2006)
  • And that forces a periodicity because it means each tile, it only has one place that it fits in.

  • And you can see very clearly that there are two periodicities still in the data.

  • We haven't guaranteed this periodicity here thus far.

  • That's a thousand times slower than the periodicity of a typical young radio pulsar.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Uncertainties may arise from measurement error associated with the sensor device itself or with the periodicity of sampling.

    Academic text (2013)
  • When occurrences happen, the periodicity and urgency under which they transpire matter greatly in most instances.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The second major event was the discovery of a mathematical equation that describes redshift periodicities accurately.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Bifurcations, attractors, and periodicity have also been misunderstood and misapplied in the literature.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

cycle
vsperiodicity
707 2.8

A series of events that repeat in the same order

focuses on regular timing rather than the sequence or order of events
recurrence
vsperiodicity
24 5.0

An event or problem that happens again, often at regular times

is the continuous property that makes such instances repeat over time
regularity
vsperiodicity
19 3.3

Happening often in the same way or at the same times

emphasizes regular timing specifically rather than general consistency
cyclicality
vsperiodicity
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A pattern where events happen again and again in regular cycles

is the neutral quality of repeating at steady intervals beyond specific fields
cyclicity
vsperiodicity
  • Specialized
8.5

A repeated pattern that happens at regular times

is the general quality of happening again at steady time intervals
isochronism
vsperiodicity
  • Specialized
9.9

Events happen at equal time intervals even when things change

focuses more broadly on recurrence unaffected by technical conditions
regular recurrence
vsperiodicity
3.6

A pattern where something happens again at fixed times

is the ongoing quality behind those repeated events not the act itself

Antonyms

13 5.1

A lack of regular pattern or evenness

How Regular

regularity
19 3.3
periodicity
2 7.6
irregularity
13 5.1
randomness
19 5.4

Surface Forms

periodicity singular
periodicities plural

Morphology

periodicity = periodic (transparent) = period + ic + ity

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'periodic', yielding 'the quality of being periodic', which is a standard and transparent derivation.

Etymology

The word periodicity comes from the common word period, which means a regular time or cycle. So, think of a clock or a wheel that comes back around: 'periodicity' is the idea of 'happening again and again at regular times'.