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  1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › intermittentIntermittent Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of INTERMITTENT is coming and going at intervals : not continuous; also : occasional. How to use intermittent in a sentence.

  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › intermittentIntermittent - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishINTERMITTENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    INTERMITTENT definition: 1. not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in…. Learn more.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › intermittentINTERMITTENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Intermittent definition: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again. See examples of INTERMITTENT used in a sentence.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishintermittent adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of intermittent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › intermittentIntermittent - definition of intermittent by The Free Dictionary

    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...

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINTERMITTENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › intermittentIntermittent Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    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.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishINTERMITTENT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    INTERMITTENT definition: stopping and starting again for short periods of time: . Learn more.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › intermittent_adjintermittent - Oxford English Dictionary

    There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word intermittent. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.