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Definition periodic

Etymology 1

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (períodos, “cycle, period of time”).

Adjective

periodic (not comparable)

1. Relative to a period or periods.
2. Having repeated cycles.
3. Occurring at regular intervals.
4. Periodical.
5. (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
6. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of ${\displaystyle k}$ time steps, for some ${\displaystyle k>1}$.
7. (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.