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Webster 1913 Edition
Intermittent
Inˊter-mit′tent
,Adj.
[L.
intermittens
, -entis
, p. pr. of intermittere
: cf. F. intermittent
.] Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic;
as, an
. intermittent
feverBoyle.
Intermittent fever
(Med.)
, a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; – applied particularly to fever and ague. See
– Fever
. Intermittent gearing
(Mach.)
, gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion.
– Intermittent springs
, springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.
Inˊter-mit′tent
,Noun.
(Med.)
An intermittent fever or disease.
Dunglison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intermittent
INTERMIT'TENT
,Adj.
INTERMIT'TENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
intermittent
intermittent
English
Adjective
intermittent (comparative more intermittent, superlative most intermittent)
- Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
- The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
- Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
- (specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
- The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.
Derived terms
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Translations
stopping and starting at intervals
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Noun
intermittent (plural intermittents)
- (medicine, dated) An intermittent fever or disease.
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French
Adjective
intermittent m (feminine singular intermittente, masculine plural intermittents, feminine plural intermittentes)