periodical
/,piəri'ɔdikəl/
Definition
Adjective:
- Occurring or appearing at regular intervals: Describes something that happens repeatedly after a fixed amount of time.
- Published at fixed intervals: Specifically describes publications like magazines or journals that are issued regularly (e.g., weekly, monthly).
Noun:
- A magazine or journal published at regular intervals: A serial publication issued in parts at fixed times, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, containing articles, stories, or other writings.
Examples
Adjective:
- The company sends out periodical updates to all its subscribers.
- She made periodical checks on the experiment's progress.
Noun:
- I subscribe to a scientific periodical about marine biology.
- The library has a large collection of historical periodicals.
Advanced Usage
"Periodical cicada": A specific type of cicada that emerges from the ground at regular, multi-year intervals.
- The forest was filled with the sound of the periodical cicadas.
In academic contexts: Often used to distinguish serials (periodicals) from one-time publications (books).
- For your research, you must cite articles from peer-reviewed periodicals.
Variants and Related Words
- Periodic (adj): Happening at regular intervals. (Note: 'Periodic' is more general, while 'periodical' as an adjective is often specific to publications).
- The machine requires periodic maintenance.
- Periodically (adv): In a way that happens at regular intervals.
- The software updates automatically periodically.
Synonyms
- Adjective (for "occurring regularly"): Recurrent, regular, cyclical, intermittent.
- Noun (for "publication"): Journal, magazine, serial, gazette.
Related Phrases
- Periodical literature: The body of work published in periodicals.
- Nineteenth-century periodical literature provides great insight into the era.
- Periodical room: A section in a library dedicated to newspapers, magazines, and journals.
- You can find the latest issues in the periodical room.
Adjective
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happening or recurring at regular intervals
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the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
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Noun
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a publication that appears at fixed intervals
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