periodical

/,piəri'ɔdikəl/
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periodical

The librarian organizes the latest periodical on the display shelf.

Definition

  1. 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).

  2. 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.
periodical

The librarian organizes the latest periodical on the display shelf.

Adjective
  1. happening or recurring at regular intervals
    • the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
Noun
  1. a publication that appears at fixed intervals

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