English Explanatory Dictionary

periodicity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Recurrence of a woman's periods; menstruation.
  2. The quality of being periodic; tendency to recur at regular intervals.
  3. The quality of a function with a repeated set of values at regular intervals.

Word forms

periodicity periodicities

Etymology

From French périodicité. By surface analysis, periodic + -ity.

Related words

period periodic periodicize

Derived words

antiperiodicity bioperiodicity multiperiodicity photoperiodicity quasiperiodicity subperiodicity
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