Sporadic
21sporadic — spo|rad|ic [spəˈrædık] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: sporadicus, from Greek, from sporaden scattered in different places ] happening fairly often, but not regularly = ↑intermittent ▪ There has been sporadic violence downtown.… …
22sporadic — [17] Sporadic means etymologically ‘scattered like seed’. It comes via medieval Latin sporadicus from Greek sporadikós, a derivative of the adjective sporás ‘scattered’. This was formed from the same base as produced sporá ‘act of sowing, seed’,… …
23sporadic — adjective happening often but not regularly; intermittent: sporadic fighting in the west of the city sporadically / kli/ adverb …
24sporadic — adjective partly cloudy with sporadic showers Syn: occasional, infrequent, irregular, periodic, scattered, patchy, isolated, odd; intermittent, spasmodic, fitful, desultory, erratic, unpredictable Ant: frequent, steady …
25sporadic — [17] Sporadic means etymologically ‘scattered like seed’. It comes via medieval Latin sporadicus from Greek sporadikós, a derivative of the adjective sporás ‘scattered’. This was formed from the same base as produced sporá ‘act of sowing, seed’,… …
26Sporadic E propagation — Sporadic E or Es is an unusual form of radio propagation utilizing characteristics of the earth s ionosphere. Whereas most forms of sky wave propagation use the normal and cyclic ionization properties of the ionosphere s F region to refract (or… …
27Sporadic disease — Sporadic Spo*rad ic ( r[a^]d [i^]k), a. [Gr. ? scattered, fr. ?, ?, scattered, fr. ? to sow seed, to scatter like seed: cf. F. sporadique. See {Spore}.] Occurring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances;… …
28Sporadic cancer — is used to describe cancer in individuals without a family history of cancer.cf. Hereditary cancer External links * [http://www.disabled world.com/artman/publish/hereditary cancer.shtml Disabled World Hereditary Cancer] *… …
29Sporadic group — In the mathematical field of group theory, a sporadic group is one of the 26 exceptional groups in the classification of finite simple groups. A simple group is a group G that does not have any normal subgroups except for the subgroup consisting… …
30Sporadic cholera — Cholera Chol er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster] {Asiatic… …
