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PERIODIC EVENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event that recurs at intervals
Synonyms:
periodic event; recurrent event
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("periodic event" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periodic event"):
migration (the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding)
cycle; oscillation (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon)
repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)
sunrise (the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon)
sunset (the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon)
beat; heartbeat; pulsation; pulse (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart)
tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
