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intermittent

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in·ter·mit·tent  (ntr-mtnt)
adj.
1. Stopping and starting at intervals. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Alternately containing and empty of water: an intermittent lake.

inter·mittence n.
inter·mittent·ly adv.

intermittent
Adjective
occurring at intervals
intermittently adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.intermittent - stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"
sporadic - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"

intermittent
Translations

intermittent [ɪntəˈmɪtnt] adjintermitente
intermittent [ɪntəˈmɪtnt] adjintermittent(e)
intermittent [ɪntəˈmɪtnt] adj (noise) → periodisch auftretend;
(publication) → in unregelmäßigen Abständen veröffentlicht
intermittent [ɪntəˈmɪtnt] adjintermittente

intermittent
adj intermittent [intəˈmitənt]
happening occasionally; stopping for a while and then starting again an intermittent pain.afwisselendمُتَقَطِّعпулсиращpřerušovaný; občasnýuregelmæssigstoßweiseπεριοδικός, διακεκομμένοςintermitentevahelduvمتناوبajoittainenintermittentשֶׁבָּא לְסֵירוּגִיןआंतरायिकpovremenváltakozókadang-kadang terjadi, sebentar-sebentarslitróttur, ósamfelldur; sem kemur í kviðum/köstumintermittente断続的な때때로 끊기는, 간헐적인užeinantis ir praeinantis, protarpiais užeinantisintermitējošs, periodiskssekejap-sekejapmet tussenpozen verschijnendperiodisk, tilbakevendendeprzerywanyintermitenteinter­mi­tentпрерывистыйobčasnýv presledkihpovremenperiodisk, som kommer och gårเป็นพัก ๆaralıklarla olan, aralıklı間歇的переривчастий; періодичнийجو رک رک کر یا وقفے وقفے سے واقع ہوkhông liên tục
adv ˌinterˈmittently
afwisselendبِصورةٍ مُتَقَطِّعَهпрекъсващobčasuregelmæssigtsprunghaftπεριοδικά, διακεκομμέναintermitentementevahelduvaltبطور متناوبajoittainpar intervallesלְסֵירוּגִיןआंतरायिकता सेpovremenoidőszakosan, megszakításokkaldengan selameð hléumin modo intermittente断続的に간헐적으로protarpiaisperiodiski; ar pārtraukumiemdengan sekejap-sekejapmet tussenpozenspredt, periodisksporadycznieintermitentemente(în mod) inter­mi­tentпериодическиobčasv presledkihpovremenoperiodisktอย่างไม่ต่อเนื่องaralıklarla間歇地періодичноوقفے وقفے سےmột cách không liên tục

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If one laid a finger on the string, the sound answered to the flapping of the runner in a sort of hollow intermittent murmur.
Now, unless the sandbank had been submitted to the intermittent eruption of a geyser, the Governor Higginson had to do neither more nor less than with an aquatic mammal, unknown till then, which threw up from its blow-holes columns of water mixed with air and vapour.
At any rate, as the dusk came on a slow, intermittent movement upon the sand pits began, a move- ment that seemed to gather force as the stillness of the eve- ning about the cylinder remained unbroken.
 
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