different between episodic vs periodic

English

Alternative forms

• episodick (obsolete)

Etymology

episode +? -ic. Compare French épisodique.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??s?d?k/

  Rhymes: -?d?k

Adjective

episodic (comparative more episodic, superlative most episodic)

1. relating to an episode
   • 1999, The Limey (movie)

     When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.

2. sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly

   • Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.

3. (literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes

   • I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?

Romanian

Etymology

From French épisodique

Adjective

episodic m or n (feminine singular episodic?, masculine plural episodici, feminine and neuter plural episodice)

1. episodic

Declension

Related terms

• episod

English

Alternative forms

• periodick (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (períodos, “cycle, period of time”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??i??d?k/, /?p??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??i??d?k/
• Rhymes: -?d?k
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?od?ic

Adjective

periodic (not comparable)

1. Relative to a period or periods.
2. Having repeated cycles.

   Synonym: cyclic

3. Occurring at regular intervals.

   Synonyms: cyclic; see also Thesaurus:periodic

4. Periodical.
5. (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.

   Antonym: non-periodic

6. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of ${\displaystyle k}$ time steps, for some ${\displaystyle k>1}$.

   Antonym: aperiodic

7. (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From per- +? iodic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: "pûr??d'?k, IPA^(key): /?p???a???d?k/

Adjective

periodic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• poricide

Ladin

Adjective

periodic m pl

1. plural of periodich