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INTERMITTENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intermittence mean?
• INTERMITTENCE (noun)
The noun INTERMITTENCE has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
Familiarity information: INTERMITTENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
intermittence; intermittency
Hypernyms ("intermittence" is a kind of...):
irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
Derivation:
intermittent (stopping and starting at irregular intervals)
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