periodic
Syllables: pe·ri·od·ic/ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk//ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/
periodic adjective: relative to a period or periods.
Adjective (1)
periodic (not comparable)
- Relative to a period or periods.
- Having repeated cycles.
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock
- Synonyms:
- cyclic
- Occurring at regular intervals.
- That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
- Synonyms:
- cyclic
- Periodical.
- Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
- Antonyms:
- non-periodic
- For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
- Antonyms:
- aperiodic
- Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
Adjective (2)
IPA/ˌpɜːɹaɪˈɒdɪk/
periodic (not comparable)
- Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.
periodic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
periodic in Hindi
- periodic
- आवर्त āvart
periodic in Tamil
- காலமுறை, காலாந்தர, ஆவர்த்தனமான, காலமுறையுள்ள, கால சுழற்சி உடைய, காலச் சுழற்சிறேற
periodic in Marathi
- आवर्तक
periodic in Bengali
- মেয়াদী, পর্যাবৃত্ত, সাময়িক, পুনরাবৃত্ত
More languagesFewer languages
- periodic in Telugu
- ఆవర్తన, ఆవర్తనము
- periodic in Malayalam
- ചക്ര, ചാക്രികം, പതിവായ, ക്രമപ്രകാരമുള്ള
- periodic in Kannada
- ಆವರ್ತಕ
- periodic in Punjabi
- ਪੀਰੀਓਡਿਕ
- periodic in Nepali
- आवधिक
- periodic in Malay
- berkala
Examples of periodic in a sentence
- I put up a wallchart of the periodic table next to the blackboard.
- The term of a lease agreement is the period of time during which the lease is effective, and may be fixed, periodic, or of indefinite duration.
- Baseline and periodic CPK levels while on therapy, as rhabdomyolysis has been observed with binimetinib therapy.
Synonyms of periodic
Antonyms
Origin of periodic
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.
From per- + iodic.
Words formed from periodic
- metaperiodic
- orthoperiodic
- periodate
- periodic acid
- antiperiodic
- aperiodic
- biperiodic
- diperiodic
- equiperiodic
- extraperiodic
- isoperiodic
- monoperiodic
- multiperiodic
- nonperiodic
- omniperiodic
- periodically
- periodic classification
- periodic comet
- periodic continued fraction
- periodic fever syndrome
- 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
- TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome
- uniperiodic
- unperiodic
Phrases with periodic
- periodic acids
- periodic comets
- periodic months
- periodic tables
- periodic sentence
- periodic functions
- periodic sentences
- periodic structures
- periodic inequalities
- extended periodic table
- extended periodic tables
- periodic fever syndromes
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Words that rhyme with periodic
Questions about periodic
- What does periodic mean?
- Periodic means relative to a period or periods.
- What is periodic in Hindi?
- Periodic in Hindi is आवर्त (āvart). See Periodic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is periodic?
- Periodic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce periodic?
- Periodic is pronounced /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/ (UK).
Words near periodic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: periodic (page history and authors); आवर्त (Hindi) (page history and authors); periodic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); periodic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); periodic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); periodic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); periodic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); periodic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); periodic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); periodic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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