periodicity

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌpɪriəˈdɪsəti/ UK /ˌpɪəriəˈdɪsəti/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
the quality of recurring at regular intervals

The physicist measured the periodicity of the signal.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of recurring at... cyclicityrecurrence regularity

Opposites

aperiodicityirregularity

Word family

Derived forms antiperiodicityquasiperiodicity

Related forms period periodic periodically

Etymology

From French periodicite, from periodic + -ity, ultimately from Greek periodos ('circuit, cycle').

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