different between monthly vs periodic

English

Alternative forms

• mon. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From month +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?li/

Adjective

monthly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every month.

Translations

Adverb

monthly (not comparable)

1. Every month.

Translations

Noun

monthly (plural monthlies)

1. A publication that is published once a month.
2. (euphemistic) The menstrual period.

Synonyms

• every month, each month, mensually

Descendants

• Japanese: ?????

Translations

See also

• weekly
• daily
• yearly

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.

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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