Intermittent

What do we mean by intermittent?

Stopping and starting at intervals. synonym: periodic. adjective

Alternately containing and empty of water. adjective

Ceasing at intervals; that alternately stops and starts; intermitting: as, an intermittent fever; an intermittent spring.

Intermittent fever. noun

Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic. adjective

A disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever. adjective

Gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion. adjective

Springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir. adjective

An intermittent fever or disease. noun

Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant adjective

Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year. adjective

An intermittent fever or disease. noun

Stopping and starting at irregular intervals adjective

An intermittent fever or disease.

Words that are spelled similarly to intermittent:
intermittent, intermittens, intermittence, intermitted, intermittency, intermitting, intermitter, intromittent.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word intermittent:
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Words that rhyme with intermittent:
concomitant.

Adjectives that are often used to describe intermittent:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective intermittent:
fever, claudication, catheterization, fevers, porphyria, ventilation, pain, therapy, reinforcement, use, pressure, periods, breathing, attacks, nature, flow, type, operation, compression, stimulation, streams, administration, schedule, infusion, basis, treatment, obstruction, character, episodes, contact, light, warfare, motion, exposure, stream, filtration, activity, dialysis, symptoms, action, exotropia, pulse, suction, contractions, disorder, schedules, war, doses, movement, service, block, discharge, rain, exercise, bursts, flashes, injections, hemodialysis, diarrhea, injection, employment, fire, noise, bleeding, current, filters, feeding, supply, bouts, traction, respiration, fighting, showers, hypoxia, failure, sound, production, pains, application, occlusion, welds, loss, faults, illumination, wars, irrigation, courses, catheterisation, dosing, duty, efforts.

Words that sound like intermittent:
intermittent, intermittence, intermitted, intermission, interment, intermittently, intermissions, intermittency, intermediate, internment, internet site, interessant, intermountain, intermittingly, intimidate, intendant, intendent, intermit, intromission, interments, entreatment, intrigant, intermine.