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intermittences

intermittences is the plural of intermittence.

Meaning of intermittence

Noun

intermittence (countable and uncountable, plural intermittences)

  1. The state of being sporadic or intermittent; a lack of flow or fluency.
    • I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 270

Questions about intermittences

What is intermittences the plural of?
Intermittences is the plural of intermittence.

Words near intermittences in the dictionary

  1. intermits
  2. intermitted
  3. intermittedly
  4. intermitten
  5. intermittence
  6. intermittences
  7. intermittencies
  8. intermittency
  9. intermittent
  10. intermittent explosive disorder
  11. intermittent lake

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