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aperiodically ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-k(ə-)lē adverb

aperiodicity ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdi-sə-tē noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady

Antonyms

constant continuous habitual periodic regular repeated steady

Examples

//released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

aperiodic

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence //released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research
Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady
Related Words

convulsive sudden violent
broken disconnected fragmentary interrupted
aimless arbitrary desultory haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss odd random scattered slapdash stray
capricious changeful changing flickery fluctuating fluid inconstant mercurial mutable temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable varying wavering
changeable fickle variable volatile
Near Antonyms

changeless equable even stable stationary uniform
unchanging unvarying unwavering
methodical (also methodic) orderly systematic
unrelenting
aperiodically ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-k(ə-)lē adverb
aperiodicity ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdi-sə-tē noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady

Antonyms

constant continuous habitual periodic regular repeated steady

Examples

//released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

aperiodic

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence //released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research
Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady
Related Words

convulsive sudden violent
broken disconnected fragmentary interrupted
aimless arbitrary desultory haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss odd random scattered slapdash stray
capricious changeful changing flickery fluctuating fluid inconstant mercurial mutable temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable varying wavering
changeable fickle variable volatile
Near Antonyms

changeless equable even stable stationary uniform
unchanging unvarying unwavering
methodical (also methodic) orderly systematic
unrelenting
aperiodically ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-k(ə-)lē adverb
aperiodicity ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdi-sə-tē noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady

Antonyms

constant continuous habitual periodic regular repeated steady

Examples

//released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

aperiodic

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence //released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research
Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady
Related Words

convulsive sudden violent
broken disconnected fragmentary interrupted
aimless arbitrary desultory haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss odd random scattered slapdash stray
capricious changeful changing flickery fluctuating fluid inconstant mercurial mutable temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable varying wavering
changeable fickle variable volatile
Near Antonyms

changeless equable even stable stationary uniform
unchanging unvarying unwavering
methodical (also methodic) orderly systematic
unrelenting
aperiodically ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-k(ə-)lē adverb
aperiodicity ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdi-sə-tē noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady

Antonyms

constant continuous habitual periodic regular repeated steady

Examples

//released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

aperiodic

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence //released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research
Synonyms

casual catchy choppy discontinuous episodic (also episodical) erratic fitful intermittent irregular occasional spasmodic spastic sporadic spotty unsteady
Related Words

convulsive sudden violent
broken disconnected fragmentary interrupted
aimless arbitrary desultory haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss odd random scattered slapdash stray
capricious changeful changing flickery fluctuating fluid inconstant mercurial mutable temperamental uncertain unpredictable unsettled unstable varying wavering
changeable fickle variable volatile
Near Antonyms

changeless equable even stable stationary uniform
unchanging unvarying unwavering
methodical (also methodic) orderly systematic
unrelenting