Periodic
Word | PERIODIC |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | pe ri od ic per i od ic |
Pronunciations | /ˌpɪə-/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Periodic"
What do we mean by periodic?
Having or marked by repeated cycles. adjective
Happening or appearing regularly or from time to time. adjective
Characterized by periodic sentences. adjective
In mathematics, with values which recur as the value of the independent variable continuously increases.
Noting an acid, a substance produced by the interaction of iodine and aqueous perchloric acid, known only in crystals which contain two molecules of water: HIO4.2H2O. Its solution has a strong acid reaction and it forms several distinct series of salts.
Pertaining to or of the nature of a period, cycle, or round of years or events.
Performed or proceeding in a series of successive circuits or revolutions: as, the periodic motions of the planets round the sun, or of the moon round the earth.
Happening or occurring at regularly recurring intervals of time; statedly recurring; as, a periodic publication; the periodic return of a plant's flowering; periodic outbursts; the periodic character of ague; the periodic motion of a vibrating tuniug-fork or musical string.
In rhetoric: Of or pertaining to a period or complete sentence; complete in grammatical structure.
Noting that form of sentence in which the sense is incomplete or suspended until the end is reached.
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO�) of iodine. adjective
Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. adjective
Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits. adjective
Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring. adjective
Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. adjective
A comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. adjective
A function whose values recur at fixed intervals as the variable uniformly increases. The trigonomertic functions, as sin x, tan x, etc., are periodic functions. Exponential functions are also periodic, having an imaginary period, and the elliptic functions have not only a real but an imaginary period, and are hence called doubly periodic. adjective
The generalization that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. “In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series.” The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unknown elements. adjective
A variable star whose changes of brightness recur at fixed periods. adjective
The time of a complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a satellite about its primary. adjective
Relative to a period or periods.
Having repeated cycles.
Occurring at regular intervals.
Periodical.
Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
(stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Periodic
- Synonyms for periodic
- Centennial Synonyms
- Alternate Synonyms
- Concatenated Synonyms
- Catenated Synonyms
- Beating Synonyms
- Antonyms for periodic
- Aperiodic Antonyms
- Irregular Antonyms
- Aperiodic Antonyms
- Nonperiodic Antonyms
The word "periodic" in example sentences
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