Periodicity
[peer-ee-uh-dis-i-tee] /ˌpɪər i əˈdɪs ɪ ti/
noun
1.
the character of being ; the tendency to recur at regular intervals.
n.
1805, from French périodicité (1796), from périodique, from Latin periodicus (see periodic).
periodicity pe·ri·o·dic·i·ty (pĭr’ē-ə-dĭs’ĭ-tē)
n.
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