aperiodic
not periodic; irregular.
Physics. of or relating to vibrations or oscillations with no apparent period.
Origin of aperiodic
1Other words from aperiodic
- a·pe·ri·od·i·cal·ly, adverb
- a·pe·ri·o·dic·i·ty [ey-peer-ee-uh-dis-i-tee], /eɪˌpɪər i əˈdɪs ɪ ti/, noun
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How to use aperiodic in a sentence
In their paper, Lendner and her co-authors argue that aperiodic signals can serve as a unique signature to measure a person’s state of consciousness.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineVoytek’s code has driven a lot of recent research, but it isn’t the only game in town for aperiodic noise analysis.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineIn a new paper published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Schaworonkow and Voytek found large changes in aperiodic activity during the first seven months of life.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThis gives neuroscientists a new tool to dissect both the regular waves and the aperiodic activity in order to disentangle their roles in behavior, cognition and disease.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineWith Voytek’s software, Lendner and her colleagues found that in the aperiodic noise of test subjects’ EEGs, the high-frequency activity dropped off faster during REM sleep than when they were awake.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
British Dictionary definitions for aperiodic
/ (ˌeɪpɪərɪˈɒdɪk) /
not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
physics
(of a system or instrument) being damped sufficiently to reach equilibrium without oscillation
(of an oscillation or vibration) not having a regular period
(of an electrical circuit) not having a measurable resonant frequency
Derived forms of aperiodic
- aperiodically, adverb
- aperiodicity (ˌeɪpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ), noun
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