intermittency
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- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈmɪtənsɪ/
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intermitencia
- I just keep hearing the twin complaints of 'Intermittency' and 'Grid Overloading' as reasons apparently not to invest in wind.
Examples
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The same would also apply to wind, although admittedly it has greater logistical issues due to intermittency.
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The intermittency of the power supply caused frequent outages in the neighborhood.
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Where did I not point out the intermittency issues?
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And the intermittency is a problem that has to be dealt with.
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We are building wind power, and due to its intermittency, we balance this with ever-increasing amounts of Russian natural gas.
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I love the idea of solar power, but costs and intermittency are a problem at present for solar PV.
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Nighttime excess production is actually a bigger problem for wind than intermittency.
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The third way is to adapt our consumption patterns to the intermittency of renewables.
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And intermittency needn't be a huge problem; it's just an economic variable that can be quantified.
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Perhaps the greatest economic obstacle to solar power is the problem referred to in the industry as "intermittency" — the fact that the sun doesn't always shine and thus solar plants are not reliable sources of electricity.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A state of starting and stopping at irregular times
Happening at separate times rather than all the time
A way of happening in sudden, irregular bursts rather than at a steady rate
Antonyms
How Intermittent
Surface Forms
Morphology
intermittency = intermittent (transparent) = inter + mit + ency
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'intermittent' using the noun-forming suffix '-ency', yielding 'the state or quality of being intermittent'.
Etymology
Intermittency comes from Latin parts inter- 'between' and mittere 'to send', the same root you see in transmit and intermittent. So, imagine something being sent now and then with breaks in between — that is why intermittency means happening at irregular times or with gaps.