regularity

American  

[reg-yuh-lair-i-tee, reg-yoo-] / ˌrɛg yəˈlɛər ɪ ti, ˌrɛg yu- /

noun

plural

regularities

1. the fact or quality of happening at fixed or predictable intervals.

2. the fact or quality of happening habitually, routinely, or frequently.

3. a uniform or even quality.

4. a well-ordered or methodical quality.

5. the fact or quality of conforming to a rule, prescribed procedure, principle, etc.

---

Other Word Forms

• irregularity
  noun

Explanation

Something that happens with regularity is typical and expected. Fashion trends change with regularity, which is great for stores that want to sell you a new wardrobe every year. Regularity is the quality of being stable and predictable. If you exercise with regularity, you might work out every day. If your car breaks down with regularity, then you're probably used to taking the bus. If you add the prefix ir- to this word, you get irregularity — something unusual, out of the ordinary, or unexpected.

Example Sentences

Regularity means smoothness, so that the solutions don’t form kinks or run away to infinity.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023

Prince had Tears running down his Face; he walked forwards in utter Regularity; & Shun, it was as if he had no Body & no Substance to slay.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The City is pretty large, fortify'd with Art and Regularity; and very lightsome.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Regularity in the times of making water is also of much importance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

We must not however judge of the Pulse, solely by its Quickness, but by its Strength or Weakness; its Hardness or Softness; and the Regularity or Irregularity of it.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Related Words

• consistency
• precision
• predictability
• uniformity