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Webster 1913 Edition


Regularity

Regˊu-lar′i-ty

(-l?r′?-t?)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
régularité
.]
The condition or quality of being regular;
as,
regularity
of outline; the
regularity
of motion.

Webster 1828 Edition


Regularity

REGULAR'ITY

,
Noun.
1.
Agreeableness to a rule or to established order; as the regularity of legal proceedings.
2.
Method; certain order. Regularity is the life of business.
3.
Conformity to certain principles; as the regularity of a figure.
4.
Steadiness or uniformity in a course; as the regularity of the motion of a heavenly body. There is no regularity in the vicissitudes of the weather.

Definition 2024


regularity

regularity

English

Noun

regularity (countable and uncountable, plural regularities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline
    I have been watching that show with regularity.
    • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
      For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.
  2. (countable) A particular regular occurrence

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  • regularity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • regularity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911