periodical

periodical is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.
2. adjective. Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun.
3. adjective. Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics.
4. adjective. Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence.
5. noun. A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals.
6. noun. a publication that appears at fixed intervals
7. adjective. happening or recurring at regular intervals

   "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"

   Synonyms: periodic

Synonyms

periodic

Common word forms

periodicals, periodically, periodicalize, periodicalness

Words from these letters

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