Sporadic

  • 11Sporadic-E — Normalerweise passieren Funksignale oberhalb der normalen Grenzfrequenz der E Schicht (rot) diese. Während eines sporadischen E Ereignisses werden die Signale (blau) entweder ganz oder teilweise in der E Schicht gebrochen, was… …

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  • 12Sporadic — Occurring upon occasion or in a scattered, isolated or seemingly random way. A disorder that is sporadic is by definition neither an endemic, an epidemic, nor a pandemic: {{}}An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency …

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  • 13sporadic — spo|rad|ic [ spə rædık ] adjective 1. ) not regular or frequent: The explosions were only sporadic now. sporadic showers 2. ) MEDICAL a sporadic disease appears in separate areas of a country or region with no clear connection between the cases ╾ …

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  • 14sporadic — [[t]spəræ̱dɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED Sporadic occurrences of something happen at irregular intervals. ...a year of sporadic fighting over northern France... The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard. Ant: continuous Derived words: sporadically …

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  • 15sporadic — UK [spəˈrædɪk] / US adjective 1) not regular or frequent The explosions were only sporadic now. sporadic showers 2) medical a sporadic disease appears in separate areas of a country or region with no clear connection between the cases Derived… …

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  • 16sporadic — /spəˈrædɪk / (say spuh radik) adjective 1. appearing or happening at intervals in time; occasional: only sporadic interest in the new website. 2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease: sporadic outbreaks. 3. occurring singly …

  • 17sporadic — adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek sporadikos, from sporadēn here and there, from sporad , sporas scattered; akin to Greek speirein to sow more at sperm Date: circa 1689 occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or… …

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  • 18sporadic — sporadically, adv. sporadicalness, n. sporadicity /spawr euh dis i tee, spohr /, sporadism, n. /speuh rad ik/, adj. 1. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of… …

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  • 19sporadic — Of a tumour or genetic disease, a novel occurrence without any previous family history of the disease (cf. inherited). Examples of diseases with both sporadic and inherited forms: retinoblastoma, Wilms&’ tumour …

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  • 20sporadic — adj. Sporadic is used with these nouns: ↑fighting, ↑gunfire, ↑outbreak, ↑violence …

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