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PERIODICAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A publication that appears at fixed intervalsplay

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) 

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Meaning:

Happening or recurring at regular intervalsplay

Example:

the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust

Synonyms:

periodic; periodical

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

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