periodic system
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of periodic system
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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It cited aged software, periodic system failures, mistakes in programming and overreliance on manual input of data, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022
The mechanics of the entire transplant system must be overhauled, the review concluded, citing aged software, periodic system failures, mistakes in programming and overreliance on manual input of data.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022
But, Scerri explains, the Russian chemist was a master storyteller and, compared to Meyer and other competitors, a more effective evangelist for the periodic system.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 27, 2019
Variations on a Theme In more recent times, researchers have proposed different approaches for displaying the periodic system.
From Scientific American • Jan. 21, 2011
Nevertheless, the whole group of six noble gases, from helium to emanium, were discovered and fitted into the periodic system at a place where nobody had suspected a gap.
From A Book of Exposition by Nugent, Homer Heath
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