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Definition of Periodical
1. Noun. A publication that appears at fixed intervals.
Specialized synonyms: Digest, Pictorial, Serial, Serial Publication, Series, Organ, Issue, Number, Journal, Review
2. Adjective. Happening or recurring at regular intervals. "The periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
Similar to: Cyclic, Oscillating, Oscillatory, Diurnal, Daily, Day-after-day, Day-by-day, Day-to-day, Nightly, Hebdomadal, Hebdomadary, Weekly, Biweekly, Semiweekly, Hourly, Half-hourly, Biweekly, Fortnightly, Annual, Yearly, Biannual, Biyearly, Half-yearly, Semiannual, Biennial, Biyearly, Triennial, Monthly, Bimestrial, Bimonthly, Bimonthly, Semimonthly, Semestral, Semestrial, Midweekly
Antonyms: Aperiodic
Derivative terms: Periodicity, Period
Definition of Periodical
1. n. A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.
Definition of Periodical
1. Noun. A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily ¹
2. Noun. A publication that appears at fixed intervals ¹
3. Noun. Often contains the most current information in the field, on every conceivable topic, often in greater detail than other publication formats. ¹
4. Noun. The primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in almost all fields. ¹
5. Adjective. Periodic ¹
6. Adjective. Published at regular intervals of more than one day, especially weekly, monthly, or quarterly ¹
7. Adjective. Of, or relating to such a publication ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periodical
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Medical Definition of Periodical
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1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. "The periodicaltimes of all the satellites." (Sir J. Herschel)
2. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.
3. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics. "The periodic return of a plant's flowering." (Henslow) "To influence opinion through the periodical press." (Courthope)
4. Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet, the generalisation that the properties of the chemical elements are periodic functions of their atomic wieghts. "In other words, if the elements are grouped in the order of their atomic weights, it will be found that nearly the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series." The arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups, each consisting of members of the same natural family.
A similar relation had been enunciated in a crude way by Newlands; but the law in its effective form was developed and elaborated by Mendelejeff, whence it is sometimes called Mendelejeff's law. Important extensions of it were also made by L. Meyer. By this means Mendelejeff predicted with remarkable accuracy the hypothetical elements ekaboron, ekaluminium, and ekasilicon, afterwards discovered and named respectively scandium, gallium, and germanium.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periodical
Literary usage of Periodical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1837)
"... work itself executed with much taste, and edited with uncommon ability, we
adopted it as our organ, and merged in it our former periodical, the Calumet. ..."
2. A Handy Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the German Language and by Karl Breul (1895)
"I. periodical PUBLICATIONS. (The most important ones are marked by an asterisk.
Those which are no longer in course of publication are distinguished by t. ..."
3. The American Monthly Magazine (1833)
"ON THE UTILITY OF periodical LITERATURE. And practise Rhetoric in your common
talk ; " Talk Logic with acquaintance that you have, The Mathematics, ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1853)
"I.—ON THE periodical OPENING AND CLOSING OF FLOWERS. By Karl Fritzsch. (Translated
and abridged from the German.) T'HE greater portion of the work before us ..."
5. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1825)
"ARTICLE I. Essay on the Variation of the Mariner's Compass, its Cause, and the
periodical Revolution of the Magnetic Pole. By Mr. C. Boner. ..."
6. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1892)
"A STRONG desire exists in various quarters, for some periodical, other than a
newspaper, which speaking considerately, yet freely and boldly on the topics ..."
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