periodic function

American  

[peer-ee-od-ik, peer-] / ˈpɪər iˈɒd ɪk, ˌpɪər- /

noun

Mathematics.

1. a function of a real or complex variable that is periodic.

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periodic function British  

/ ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk /

noun

1. maths a function, such as sin x, whose value is repeated at constant intervals

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Example Sentences

This familiar cycle repeats year after year, and if we were to extend the graph over multiple years, it would resemble a periodic function.

From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021

Thus, normal blood pressure can be modeled by a periodic function with a maximum of 120 and a minimum of 80.

From Textbooks • Dec. 1, 2021

The pattern of the sun’s motion throughout the course of a year is a periodic function.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

So, if we know all the details of one full cycle of a true periodic function, then we know the state of the function’s outputs at all times, future and past.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

The first was a study by Dr. A. E. Arnold, as to the effect of school work on the periodic function, and this is reported in the January number of the American Physical Education Review.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.