APERIODIC Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

aperiodic

adjective

ˌā-ˌpir-ē-ˈä-dik

Definition of aperiodic

as in sporadic

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence released aperiodic reports on the results of their cancer research

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Recent Examples of aperiodic Quanta also covered another new kind of quantum error-correcting code in February, this one built out of aperiodic tilings — sets of shapes that combine in ways that never repeat. — Bill Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024 The scientists found that the high school football players who sustained concussions displayed slowed aperiodic activity, and greater slowing was strongly associated with worse post-concussion symptoms. — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 To me, that legitimizes the hat as a true aperiodic monotile, although spectres are still interesting for their ability to avoid reflections. — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 More recent designs use aperiodic waveguide spacing and different waveguide cross-sections to solve these issues, but each creates trade-offs such as limitations on the vertical scanning and the reduction of optical power in the main beam. — Josué J. López, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2020

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Adjective

Despite the drumbeat of warnings and sporadic enforcement, there is widespread defiance of official regulations, especially among young Iranian women.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
But Iran continues to mount sporadic attacks against shipping and assert its claim over the strait.

— Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sporadic

Adjective

Brown has had occasional rough moments during camp, but coach Zac Taylor wasn’t hitting the panic button after a dozen practices and two live series.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Chinese authorities have long seen the deaths of popular former leaders as a potential trigger for a surge of public emotion and an occasional catalyst for instability when remembrance of the dead turns into criticism of those in power.

— Reuters, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of occasional

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In Iraq, the United States inflicted a dozen years of punishing sanctions, intermittent bombing, and failed regime change and counterproliferation efforts, followed by the disastrous 2003 invasion and occupation, all at tremendous human cost.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Then came even more emotion, with intermittent pauses to cry.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of intermittent

Adjective

Their compensation increasingly arrives in large, irregular blocks such as vested company stock, bonuses and deferred comp.

— Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Although overall irregular migration numbers were down over the previous year across Europe in the first five months of this year, many continue to risk their lives to reach the continent, and some routes do show an increase.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of irregular

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The gin is produced using the traditional discontinuous, indirect steam distillation method on a base of Italian grain alcohol, allowing each botanical to be infused gradually and with precision.

— Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
In other words, the global village attempts to describe rather than celebrate a new situation, a new way of being in the western world which is disincarnate and discontinuous.

— Brian A. Cogan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026

Definition of discontinuous

Adjective

The sudden push toward scale marks a shift for a technology that spent years looking more like a Silicon Valley experiment than a serious alternative to putting a package in a car.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
The morning after their fight, Russia invades Ukraine, and the two go on with their separation amid the backdrop of sudden social upheaval.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026

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