INTERMITTENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping

Synonyms:

intermittence; intermittency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("intermittency" is a kind of...):

irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)

Derivation:

intermittent (stopping and starting at irregular intervals)

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