regularity

reg·u·lar  (rgy-lr)

adj.

1. Customary, usual, or normal: the train's regular schedule.

2. Orderly, even, or symmetrical: regular teeth.

3. In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.

4. Well-ordered; methodical: regular habits.

5. Occurring at fixed intervals; periodic: regular payments.

6.

a. Occurring with normal or healthy frequency.

b. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods with normal or healthy frequency.

7. Not varying; constant.

8. Formally correct; proper.

9. Having the required qualifications for an occupation: not a regular lawyer.

10. Informal Complete; thorough: a regular scoundrel.

11. Informal Good; nice: a regular guy.

12. Botany Having symmetrically arranged parts of similar size and shape: regular flowers.

13. Grammar Conforming to the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation.

14. Ecclesiastical Belonging to a religious order and bound by its rules: the regular clergy.

15. Mathematics

a. Having equal sides and equal angles. Used of polygons.

b. Having faces that are congruent regular polygons and congruent polyhedral angles. Used of polyhedrons.

16. Belonging to or constituting the permanent army of a nation.

n.

1. Ecclesiastical A member of the clergy or of a religious order.

2. A soldier belonging to a regular army.

3. A dependable loyal person: one of the party regulars.

4. A clothing size designed for persons of average height.

5. A habitual customer.

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[Middle English reguler, living under religious rule, from Old French, from Late Latin rgulris, according to rule, from Latin rgula, rod, rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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regu·lari·ty (-lr-t) n.

regu·lar·ly adv.

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Regularity/Irregularity 

1. Balance as a tail balances a kite —Anon
2. Balanced as the scales of justice —Anon
3. [A cat’s purring] intermittent as a walkie-talkie —Lorrie Moore
4. Irregular as French verbs —Anon
5. Random, like love’s choices —Patricia Hampl
6. Regular as a clock —Slogan for Serutan laxative, Healthaids, Inc.
7. Regular as a heartbeat —Mary Hedin
8. Regular as a metronome —Edward Hoagland
9. Regular as a motor boat —Lee Smith

   A more specific variation: “Regular as the chug-chug of a motor boat.”

10. Regular as sun and tide —Wallace Stegner
11. Regular as the moon makes the tides —Henry James
12. Rhythmic as water —Amy Hempel

    In Hempel’s story, Beg, si tog, Inc, Cont, Rep, it’s the sliding knitting needles that are likened to water.

13. Scattered like applause during a bad act —Anon
14. Steadily as a shell secretes its beating leagues of monotone —Hart Crane
15. Symmetrical as a doily —Betsy Wade, New York Times, May 2, 1986

    The descriptive frame of reference is a tree.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	regularity - a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles geometrical regularity symmetricalness, symmetry, correspondence, balance - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
	2.	regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare cyclicity, periodicity - the quality of recurring at regular intervals methodicalness, orderliness - the quality of appreciating method and system uniformity - a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying invariability, evenness - a quality of uniformity and lack of variation even spacing - regularity of spacing steadiness - the quality of being steady--regular and unvarying unregularity, irregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals

Translations

regularity [ˌregjʊˈlærɪtɪ] N → regularidad f

regularity [ˌrɛgjʊˈlærɪti] n → régularité f
with unfailing regularity → avec une régularité de métronome

regularity

n

(= occurrence at even intervals) → Regelmäßigkeit f; (of rhythm) → Gleichmäßigkeit f; (of employment) → Festheit f; (of way of life, bowel movements) → Geregeltheit f

(= symmetry, Gram) → Regelmäßigkeit f; (of surface) → Gleichmäßigkeit f; (Geometry) → Gleichseitigkeit f

(= permissibility: of action, procedure) → Richtigkeit f

regularity [ˌrɛgjʊˈlærɪtɪ] n → regolarità