Periodic
adjective
Happening or appearing at regular intervals.
The garden needs periodic watering.
Often appears as...
- periodic inspection
- periodic maintenance
adjective
Relating to a particular interval of time.
The periodic table organizes elements according to their properties.
Often appears as...
- periodic table
- periodic cycle
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Academic
adjective
Describing something that regularly stops and starts.
We experienced periodic loss of power during the storm.
Often appears as...
- periodic interruptions
- periodic pauses
adjective
Happening or appearing at regular intervals.
The garden needs periodic watering.
Often appears as...
- periodic inspection
- periodic maintenance
adjective
Relating to a particular interval of time.
The periodic table organizes elements according to their properties.
Often appears as...
- periodic table
- periodic cycle
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Describing something that regularly stops and starts.
We experienced periodic loss of power during the storm.
Often appears as...
- periodic interruptions
- periodic pauses
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Scheduled Repetition
Periodic means events occurring on a planned and consistent schedule.
The company holds periodic reviews every quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Continuous
Periodic suggests breaks between occurrences, not happening without interruption.
Buses run with periodic stops, not non-stop.
Pro Tip 3/3Expect predictability
When something is periodic, you can predict when it will happen again.
Her periodic visits to her hometown are every Christmas.
Pro Tip 1/3Scheduled Repetition
Periodic means events occurring on a planned and consistent schedule.
The company holds periodic reviews every quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Continuous
Periodic suggests breaks between occurrences, not happening without interruption.
Buses run with periodic stops, not non-stop.
Pro Tip 3/3Expect predictability
When something is periodic, you can predict when it will happen again.
Her periodic visits to her hometown are every Christmas.
Pro Tip 1/3Scheduled Repetition
Periodic means events occurring on a planned and consistent schedule.
The company holds periodic reviews every quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Continuous
Periodic suggests breaks between occurrences, not happening without interruption.
Buses run with periodic stops, not non-stop.
Pro Tip 3/3Expect predictability
When something is periodic, you can predict when it will happen again.
Her periodic visits to her hometown are every Christmas.
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Why is NASA sending a...
with an array of advanced instruments. A spectrometer will analyze the gamma rays and neutrons produced when Psyche is struck by cosmic rays. Each element in the periodic table releases gamma rays of specific wavelengths, so these measurements will tell us what elements are found on the surface.
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The infinite life of pi...
Well, just about any calculations involving circles, from the volume of a can of soda to the orbits of satellites. And it's not just circles, either. Because it's also useful in studying curves, pi helps us understand periodic or oscillating systems like clocks, electromagnetic waves,
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The history of our world...
to form all the elements of the periodic table. If, like me, you're wearing a gold ring, it was forged in a supernova explosion. So now the universe is chemically more complex. And in a chemically more complex universe, it's possible to make more things.
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Design at the...
To do that, we needed to contain bacteria and be able to control their flow. So like the periodic table, we came up with our own table of the new lifeforms that were computationally grown, additively manufactured and biologically augmented.
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Kevin Hand: Exploring...
great place to go and test these kinds of questions perhaps life populates a sort of periodic table where different biochemistry function in different temperature pressure and chemical regimes we just don't know this is uh
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What’s the difference...
though there may still be gaps in our understanding. Scientists also like when a new theory successfully predicts previously unobserved phenomena, like when Dmitri Mendeleev's theory about the periodic table
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Can the economy grow...
This periodic doubling is an example of exponential growth, and while we’re not in any danger of discovering a real-life golden goose-coin, something almost as consequential has been growing like this
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
elements in the periodic table because we can life uses a safe subset in fact most materials on this planet are made with six elements and when those elements are put into materials into
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What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
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The genius of...
The periodic table is instantly recognizable. It's not just in every chemistry lab worldwide, it's found on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and shower curtains.
Video examples
Why is NASA sending a...
with an array of advanced instruments. A spectrometer will analyze the gamma rays and neutrons produced when Psyche is struck by cosmic rays. Each element in the periodic table releases gamma rays of specific wavelengths, so these measurements will tell us what elements are found on the surface.
Video examples
The infinite life of pi...
Well, just about any calculations involving circles, from the volume of a can of soda to the orbits of satellites. And it's not just circles, either. Because it's also useful in studying curves, pi helps us understand periodic or oscillating systems like clocks, electromagnetic waves,
Video examples
The history of our world...
to form all the elements of the periodic table. If, like me, you're wearing a gold ring, it was forged in a supernova explosion. So now the universe is chemically more complex. And in a chemically more complex universe, it's possible to make more things.
Video examples
Design at the...
To do that, we needed to contain bacteria and be able to control their flow. So like the periodic table, we came up with our own table of the new lifeforms that were computationally grown, additively manufactured and biologically augmented.
Video examples
Kevin Hand: Exploring...
great place to go and test these kinds of questions perhaps life populates a sort of periodic table where different biochemistry function in different temperature pressure and chemical regimes we just don't know this is uh
Video examples
What’s the difference...
though there may still be gaps in our understanding. Scientists also like when a new theory successfully predicts previously unobserved phenomena, like when Dmitri Mendeleev's theory about the periodic table
Video examples
Can the economy grow...
This periodic doubling is an example of exponential growth, and while we’re not in any danger of discovering a real-life golden goose-coin, something almost as consequential has been growing like this
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
elements in the periodic table because we can life uses a safe subset in fact most materials on this planet are made with six elements and when those elements are put into materials into
Video examples
What is color? - Colm...
This repetitive or periodic motion is characteristic of waves. Then you notice something else using a stopwatch, you measure the time it takes for the piece of cork
Video examples
The genius of...
The periodic table is instantly recognizable. It's not just in every chemistry lab worldwide, it's found on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and shower curtains.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civilization's table weren't plotted out in the castle-with-turrets shape we humans favor, their spiral or pyramidal or whatever-shaped periodic table would naturally pause after 118 elements.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
For most people, chemotherapy is no longer the chamber of horrors we often conceive it to be. Yes, it is an ordeal for some people, but it wasn't for me, nor for most of the patients I got to know during my four months of periodic visits to the chemo suite.
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Richard Smalley
American Scientist
After a few years of intensive research, we found a way to use a pulsed laser directed into a nozzle to vaporize any material, allowing for the first time the atoms of any element in the periodic table to be produced cold in a supersonic beam.
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Queen Rania of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Kenneth H. Cooper
American Soldier
There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
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Joseph Murray
American Scientist
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in the universe seemed miraculous.
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Joe Murray
American Artist
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.
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Peter Krause
American Actor
I'm a science geek. I even have a T-shirt with a glow-in-the-dark chart of the periodic elements.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civilization's table weren't plotted out in the castle-with-turrets shape we humans favor, their spiral or pyramidal or whatever-shaped periodic table would naturally pause after 118 elements.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
For most people, chemotherapy is no longer the chamber of horrors we often conceive it to be. Yes, it is an ordeal for some people, but it wasn't for me, nor for most of the patients I got to know during my four months of periodic visits to the chemo suite.
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Richard Smalley
American Scientist
After a few years of intensive research, we found a way to use a pulsed laser directed into a nozzle to vaporize any material, allowing for the first time the atoms of any element in the periodic table to be produced cold in a supersonic beam.
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Queen Rania of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Kenneth H. Cooper
American Soldier
There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.
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Joseph Murray
American Scientist
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in the universe seemed miraculous.
Quote examples
Joe Murray
American Artist
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.
Quote examples
Peter Krause
American Actor
I'm a science geek. I even have a T-shirt with a glow-in-the-dark chart of the periodic elements.
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Johannes Kepler
German Scientist
The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the mean distances.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.
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