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periodicity

[ peer-ee-uh-dis-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

From the French word périodicité, dating back to 1825–35. See periodic ¹, -ity

One factor on the path to periodicity is what Simon calls “predator foolhardiness.”

For example, loops in time-varying data can indicate periodicity.

But he does not exclude the possible existence of an inherited vestige of periodicity in the sexual impulse.

It is widely assumed that even in the human species there remain vestiges of such a periodicity in the sexual impulse.

Periodicity rules over the mental experience of man, according to the path of the orbit of his thoughts.

For the periodicity of the sun is still in part a secret; but that of the moon is modestly apparent, perpetually influential.

For man—except those elect already named—is hardly aware of periodicity.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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