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Definitions: Periodical |
PeriodicalAdjective1. Happening or recurring at regular intervals. Noun1. A publication that appears at fixed intervals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "periodical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A publication issued at regular intervals, each issue normally being numbered consecutively with no predetermined termination of publication, usually having a variety of contents and contributor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PeriodicalSynonym: periodic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: aperiodic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Part, issue, number livraison; album, portfolio; periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal. |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Adjective: periodic, periodical; serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical; recurring; Verb: intermittent, remittent; alternate, every other. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Periodical |
| English words defined with "periodical": digest ♦ Etesian ♦ free list ♦ house organ ♦ journal ♦ Libration of the moon, Limbat ♦ Meteoric showers, monthly ♦ Nilometer ♦ organ ♦ periodical cicada, Periodical year, Periodicalist, Periodoscope, pictorial, Proleptical ♦ quarterly ♦ review, review copy ♦ serial, serial publication, series ♦ Ticketing, To take in, Traffic return ♦ Variable star ♦ weekly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "periodical": back file, back numbers, back volume, bibliographical unit ♦ catch pit, claiming cash ♦ daily newspaper ♦ Liberals ♦ STOCK-CONTROL SUPERVISOR ♦ wage review. (references) |
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 | Map illustrating geographical distribution and periodical movements of menhaden Also locations of fishing grounds and oil and guano factories in the year 1878 From Report U. S. Fish Commission, Part VI, 1878.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library, periodical room.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Thomas B. Macaulay | We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It is enough to mention the commercial crises that by their periodical return put on its trial, each time more threateningly, the existence of the entire bourgeois society. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It will edit and publish in French and English, and in such other languages as the Governing Body may think desirable, a periodical paper dealing with problems of industry and employment of international interest. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The meetings were sometimes periodical. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is remarkable that this fluctuation, whether periodical or not, appears thus to require many years for its accomplishment. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Foreign companies interested in breaking into this market must make a special effort to at least visit Spain periodically and establish direct contact with key representatives within AENA and those local architectural/engineering companies that work closely with it. Periodical visits also demonstrate the interest and commitment that a foreign company has in establishing itself within the market and in participating in future projects. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | There are approximately 90 weekly local newspapers and more than 250 periodical publications. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | Several of them have established their readership based on political philosophy (such as "Romania Libera", the government oriented newspaper); others are mass-market newspapers (such as "Evenimentul Zilei", the most read periodical), or sport-oriented newspapers. (references) |
Senegal | Various trade organizations publish bulletins and newsletters such as those of the Dakar Chamber of Commerce, and the periodical "Entreprendre" issued by the National Council of Business Leaders. (references) | |
Political Economy | FINLAND | Services, including health care, education, insurance, newspaper and periodical subscriptions, and rentals are not subject to VAT. (references) |
Trade | Finland | Other services, including health care, education, insurance, newspaper & periodical subscriptions and rentals are not subject to VAT. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bulgaria | Child labor laws generally are enforced well in the formal sector, but NGO's believe that children increasingly were exploited in certain industries (especially small family-owned shops, textile factories, restaurants, family farms, construction, and periodical sales) and by organized crime (notably for prostitution and distribution of narcotics), where they often face illegal conditions. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Objects of deep importance to the welfare of the Union are constantly recurring to demand the attention of the Federal Legislature, and they call with accumulated interest at the first meeting of the two Houses after their periodical renovation. |
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| "Periodical" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Periodical" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 102 | 32,309 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "periodical": periodical allowance ♦ periodical cicada ♦ Periodical Index [Publication Type] ♦ periodical star ♦ periodical system ♦ periodical year. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "periodical": periodical-publishing. | |
Ending with "periodical": non-periodical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "periodical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | tydskrift (magazine, revue), koerant (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | organ periodik, i herëpashershëm (periodic), gazetë (gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper, paper, sheet), botim periodik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متكرر في فترات نظامية, مجلة دورية (magazine), مجلة (bulletin, journal, magazine, review), نشرة دورية, دورية (long range patrol, patrol, review, sheet), دوريات, دوري (cyclic, periodic, recurrent, recurring, repeating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | списание (journal, mag, magazine), периодично издание (bulletin, serial), периодичен (alternate, intermittent, periodic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | revista (magazine, revue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 期刊 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pravidelný (normal, orderly, periodic, regular, routine, smooth, steady), periodický (etesian, periodic), èasopis (journal, mag, magazine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tidskrift (magazine, revue), avis (daily newspaper, daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | krant (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | perioda gazeto, revuo (magazine, revue), gazeto (gazette, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | yvirlit (account book, index, magazine, record, register, revue, table, tablet, tabulation), tíðindablað (gazette, magazine, newspaper), tíðarrit (magazine, revue), blað (blade, daily paper, gazette, journal, leaf, magazine, newspaper, sheet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sanomalehti (daily newspaper, gazette, magazine, newspaper, paper), aikakauslehti (journal, magazine, revue), aikakausjulkaisu (daily paper, journal, newspaper, periodicals, serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | revue, publication périodique (periodical publication), périodique (periodic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | krante (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zeitschrift (journal, magazine, review, revue, serial), periodisch (circular, cyclic, cyclical, intermittent, oscillatory, periodic, periodic (niet: periodical), periodically, recurring, regular), Periodikum (serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σειρά (catena, collection, course, filch, flight, frame, inning, line, range, rank, row, row of, sequence, sequencing, sere, serial, series, set, string, succession, suit, suite, tape row, train, turn), περιοδικόσ (period, periodic), περιοδικό (journal, magazine, periodic, serial), περιοδική έκδοση (current publication, serial, serial publication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | gazetë (gazette, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תקופתי (periodic), תקופון, כתב "עת מחזורי, כתב "עת (journal, magazine, review). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | folyóirat (bi-weekly, journal, magazine, review). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | periodico (journal, magazine, oscillatory, periodic, periodic (niet: periodical), recurrent, recurring, review, serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 定期刊行物 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ていきか""うぶつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기간행물. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | earishlioar (magazine, review), chymcheayrtagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tidsskrift (gazette, magazine, revue), tidskrift (gazette, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | revista (magazine, revue), korant (gazette, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eriodicalpay rewia (magazine, revue), gazeta (gazette, magazine, newspaper), czasopismo (magazine, revue). (various references) revista (inspection, journal, magazine, muster, perching, personal search, review, revue, roll call). (various references) publicaţie periodicã (magazine), publicaţie (book, pamphlet), periodic (periodic, periodically, recurrent, round), ziar (Gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper, organ, paper, sheet), revistå (magazine, revue), revistã (fortnighty, journal, magazine, review, revue, weekly). (various references) периодический (etesian, periodic, seriate, seriated, terminal). (various references) povremen (occasional), periodičan (periodic), časopis (journal, magazine, review). (various references) revista (inspection, journal, mag, magazine, muster, parade, review, revue, serial), periódico (gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper, paper, periodic, recurring). (various references) koranti (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) gazeti (daily paper, gazette, journal, magazine, newspaper). (various references) tidskrift (journal, mag, magazine, review, serial), periodisk (intermittent, periodic). (various references) periyodik (cyclic, cyclical, periodic), tam cümle ile ifade edilen (periodic), devresel (periodic), devirli (cyclic, cyclical, periodic, recurrent, recurring), dergi (bulletin, journal, magazine, print, review), düzenli yayınlanan (periodic), belli aralıklarla gerçekleşen. (various references) періодичне видання (bulletin, serial), періодичний (etesian, intermittent, periodic, recurrent, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, seriate, seriated, terminal). (various references) tạo chí xuất bản định kỳ. (various references) cyfnodolyn, cyfnodol (periodic). (various references) iphephandaba (gazette, magazine, newspaper), inuyziphepha (gazette, magazine, newspaper), iliphephandaba (gazette, magazine, newspaper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "periodical": periodically, periodicals. (additional references) | |
Words containing "periodical": aperiodically, photoperiodically. (additional references) | |
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"Periodical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: periapical, periodicely, periodico, periodise, perioikic, peripodial, prelogical, prodical. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "periodical" (pronounced pi'rēÄ"dikul) |
| 5 | -d i k u l | biomedical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: aperiodic, caprioled. | |
-2 letters: capriole, peridial, periodic. | |
-3 letters: caliper, calorie, cariole, caroled, coalier, cordial, dariole, decrial, deliria, diploic, dipolar, eidolic, ericoid, leopard, leporid, loricae, oedipal, parodic, paroled, pedocal, peloria, peloric, peracid, percoid, peridia, picador, placoid, policed, predial, radicel, radicle, replica. | |
-4 letters: adipic, aliped, ariled, caried, caroli, carped, carpel, clerid, coaled, coaler, codeia, coiled, coiler, colder. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-l-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: periodicals. | |
+2 letters: periodically, tropicalized. | |
+3 letters: aperiodically, cephaloridine, pictorialized, porcelainized, reduplication. | |
+4 letters: cephaloridines, provincialized, pteridological, reduplications. | |
+5 letters: ideographically, overcapitalized, overspecialized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 6F 64 69 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. --- -.. .. -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101111 01100100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i o d i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 006F 0064 0069 0063 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718475817075696778 |
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