periodic attractor

[ pîr′ē-ŏd′ĭk ]

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Settlements in the West Bank have triggered periodic uprisings, the intifadas.
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The periodic agony that accompanies sickle cell was joined by the torment of persistent eye infections and repeated surgeries.
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And even now that ISIS has retreated from the area, it is still subject to periodic attacks from the Assad regime.
Millions of Refugees from Syria’s War Are Clinging to Life In Toxic Conditions|Christopher Looney|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And when you review the periodic table, take special note of Tungsten, or Wolfram.
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Conditioning the Fed to react less to periodic market tantrums will take a strong will.
Janet Yellen Succeeds in the Senate Without Really Trying|Daniel Gross|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But when we made periodic inspections of boarding houses and the like, he was an entirely different person.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He had seen many sides of New York in the periodic lapses which kept him constantly in search of a new profession.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
At times there are periodic attacks of mental perturbation that may become true insanity.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The 'periodic recurrence of intervals' here spoken of may be illustrated on the key-board of a piano.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
On the other hand the periodic statement suspends the meaning to the end.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster