periodicity [regularity of recurrence]

Roget category 138

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.3. Recurrent time

#138. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence]

noun

periodicity, intermittence — beat — oscillation etc. 314 — pulse, pulsation — rhythm — alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity^†.
bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say.
anniversary, jubilee, centenary.
catamenia^†, courses, menses, menstrual flux.
[Regularity of return] rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine — days of the week — Sunday, Monday &c. — months of the year — January &c. — feast, fast &c. — Christmas, Easter, New Year's day &c. — Allhallows^†, Allhallowmas^†, All Saints' Day — All Souls', All Souls' Day — Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile^†, Candlemas^†, Dewali, groundhog day [U.S.], Halloween, Hallowmas^†, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day [U.S.], St.
Swithin's day, natal day — yearbook — yuletide.
punctuality, regularity, steadiness.

verb

recur in regular order, recur in regular succession — return, revolve — come again, come in its turn — come round, come round again — beat, pulsate — alternate — intermit.

adjective

periodic, periodical — serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical — recurring etc. v. — intermittent, remittent — alternate, every other.
hourly — diurnal, daily — quotidian, tertian, weekly — hebdomadal^†, hebdomadary^† — biweekly, fortnightly — bimonthly — catamenial^† — monthly, menstrual — yearly, annual — biennial, triennial, &c. — centennial, secular — paschal, lenten, etc. regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork.

adverb

periodically etc. adj. — at regular intervals, at stated times — at fixed established, at established periods — punctually etc. adj.. de die in diem [Lat.] — from day to day, day by day.
by turns — in turn, in rotation — alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.

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