periodical
[peer-ee-od-i-kuh l]
noun
a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
adjective
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journal, magazine, quarterly, monthly, mag, weekly, rag, sheet, review, slick, number, paper, newspaper, serial, throwaway
Origin of periodical
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Examples from the Web for periodical
Contemporary Examples of periodical
What the Tea Party needed was its own periodical, he concluded.
Historical Examples of periodical
Here Pio Nono broke in with one of his periodical exclamations.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
Because generally there is a periodical frost in the month of May, and it is coldest from the 11th to the 13th.
The Field of IceJules Verne
It must be, with such genius, tact and experience, all that a weekly periodical can be.
The projectors of this periodical were Mr. William Morris, Mr. Ed.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel RossettiT. Hall Caine
The use of a current periodical in class should be encouraged.
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periodical
noun
adjective
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