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adjective
- 1. occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady: "intermittent rain"
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INTERMITTENT definition: 1. not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in…. Learn more.
1. : coming and going at intervals : not continuous. intermittent rain. also : occasional. intermittent trips abroad. 2. of a stream or body of water : appearing and disappearing seasonally : sometimes dry. intermittently adverb. raining intermittently. Synonyms. continual. on-and-off. periodical. recurrent. recurring.
Intermittent definition: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again. See examples of INTERMITTENT used in a sentence.
The adjective intermittent modifies things that work or stop and start at periodic intervals. An interesting use of something intermittent is a metronome, a device that marks off time in music by making a sound in a regular pattern.
Definition of intermittent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. Something that is intermittent happens occasionally rather than continuously. After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned. Synonyms: periodic, broken, occasional, recurring More Synonyms of intermittent. intermittently adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] The talks went on intermittently for three years.
Noun. Filter. adjective. Stopping and starting at intervals; pausing from time to time; periodic. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Alternately containing and empty of water. An intermittent lake. American Heritage. (specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word intermittent mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word intermittent. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
Define intermittent. intermittent synonyms, intermittent pronunciation, intermittent translation, English dictionary definition of intermittent. adj. 1. Stopping and starting at intervals. See Synonyms at periodic. 2. Alternately containing and empty of water: an intermittent lake. in′ter·mit′tence...
INTERMITTENT definition: stopping and starting again for short periods of time: . Learn more.
