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PERIODICAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A publication that appears at fixed intervals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("periodical" is a kind of...):
publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periodical"):
digest (a periodical that summarizes the news)
pictorial (a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures)
serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)
organ (a periodical that is published by a special interest group)
issue; number (one of a series published periodically)
journal (a periodical dedicated to a particular subject)
review (a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art)
Derivation:
periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening or recurring at regular intervals
Example:
the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
Synonyms:
periodic; periodical
Classified under:
Similar:
annual; yearly (occurring or payable every year)
biannual; biyearly; half-yearly; semiannual (occurring or payable twice each year)
biennial; biyearly (occurring every second year)
triennial (occurring every third year or lasting 3 years)
monthly (of or occurring or payable every month)
bimestrial; bimonthly (occurring every two months)
bimonthly; semimonthly (occurring twice a month)
semestral; semestrial (occurring every six months or during every period of six months)
midweekly (occurring during the middle of the week)
biweekly; fortnightly (occurring every two weeks)
half-hourly (occurring ever half hour)
hourly (occurring every hour or payable by the hour)
biweekly; semiweekly (occurring twice a week)
hebdomadal; hebdomadary; weekly (of or occurring every seven days)
nightly (happening every night)
daily; day-after-day; day-by-day; day-to-day (of or belonging to or occurring every day)
diurnal (having a daily cycle or occurring every day)
oscillating; oscillatory (having periodic vibrations)
cyclic (marked by repeated cycles)
Derivation:
period (the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon)
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
