Sporadic
41sporadic — a. Scattered, separate, single …
42sporadic — adj 1. sporadical, occasional, chance, random, irregular, uneven, spotty, intermittent, periodic; fitful, spasmodic, spasmodical, erratic,, up and down; infrequent, unfrequent, seldom, scarce, few; rare, unusual, uncommon, exceptional,… …
43sporadic — spo·rad·ic …
44sporadic — adj. describing a disease that occurs only occasionally or in a few isolated places. Compare: endemic, epidemic …
45sporadic — [spəˈrædɪk] adj not regular or frequent sporadically [spəˈrædɪkli] adv …
46sporadic — spo•rad•ic [[t]spəˈræd ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional 2) appearing in scattered or isolated instances • Etymology: 1680–90; < ML sporadicus < Gk sporadikós < sporad (s. of sporás strewn …
47sporadic — adj. occurring only here and there or occasionally, separate, scattered. Derivatives: sporadically adv. Etymology: med.L sporadicus f. Gk sporadikos f. sporas ados scattered: cf. speiro to sow …
48sporadic E layer — noun Date: 1949 a layer of ionization occurring irregularly within the E region of the ionosphere …
49sporadic fishes — fishes which live and breed indifferently in salt or fresh water or which enter fresh water only sporadically and not as part of a true migration, e.g. many Lutjanidae and Sciaenidae; probably many Mugilidae; Poecilia, Mollienisia …
50sporadic disease — (spo rad ik) A disease that occurs occasionally and at random intervals in a population …