periodic

形容词 adj.
/ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/|/ˌpɪə-/    /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relative to a period or periods. not-comparable
  2. Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid. not-comparable
  3. Having repeated cycles. not-comparable
    — 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 […].”
  4. Occurring at regular intervals. not-comparable
    — 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.
  5. Periodical. not-comparable
  6. Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit. not-comparable
  7. For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1. not-comparable
  8. Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences. not-comparable,rhetoric

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Italic *per
Latin perbor.
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-bor.
English per-
English iodic
English periodic
From per- + iodic.
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