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periodic

adj
/ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/UK/ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/US/ˌpɜːɹaɪˈɒdɪk/

Etymology

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.

  1. derived from περίοδος — “cycle, period of time”
  2. derived from periodus — “complete sentence, period, circuit”
  3. derived from periodicus — “cyclical”
  4. derived from périodique

Definitions

  1. Relative to a period or periods.

  2. Having repeated cycles.

  3. Occurring at regular intervals.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Periodical.

    2. Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.

    3. For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.

    4. Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.

    5. Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine

      Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiperiodic, aperiodic, biperiodic, diperiodic, equiperiodic, extraperiodic, isoperiodic, monoperiodic, multiperiodic, nonperiodic, omniperiodic, periodically, periodic classification, periodic comet, periodic continued fraction, periodic function, periodic inequality, periodic inventory, periodicize, periodic law, periodic month, periodic structure, periodic system, periodic table, photoperiodic, preperiodic, pseudoperiodic, quasi-periodic, quasiperiodic, semiperiodic, subperiodic, superperiodic, thermoperiodic, uniperiodic, unperiodic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at periodic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at periodic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at periodic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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