Meaning & use
periodicity
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the tendency of something to occur or recur at regular intervals.
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Scientists studied the periodicity of the comet's orbit around the sun.
The disease shows a strange periodicity, flaring up every few months.
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Common in scientific and technical writing to describe patterns that repeat at measurable, predictable intervals.
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