What is "periodical" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does periodical mean in English? Meaning of periodical definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "periodical" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "periodical": a publication that appears at fixed intervals

Noun

  • Meaning: a publication that appears at fixed intervals
  • Synonyms: periodical
  • Hyponyms: digest issue journal number organ pictorial review serial serial publication series
  • Hypernyms: publication
  • Meaning of "periodical": happening or recurring at regular intervals

    Adjective

  • Meaning: happening or recurring at regular intervals
  • Example: the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
  • Synonyms: periodic periodical
  • Antonyms: aperiodic nonperiodic
  • Similar: annual biannual biennial bimestrial bimonthly biweekly biyearly cyclic daily day-after-day day-by-day day-to-day diurnal fortnightly half-hourly half-yearly hebdomadal hebdomadary hourly midweekly monthly nightly oscillating oscillatory semestral semestrial semiannual semimonthly semiweekly triennial weekly yearly
  • Adjective: A publication issued regularly, but less frequently than daily.A publication that appears at fixed intervals.A publication that often contains the most current information in the field, on every conceivable topic, often in greater detail than other publication formats.The primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in almost all fields.
  • Synonyms:

    journal, magazine, quarterly, rag, sheet, review, slick, number, paper, newspaper, serial, monthly, mag, weekly, throwaway,

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    periodical in English: periodical
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