Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
periodic ; lacking a regularcycle ;irregular
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not recurring at regular intervals
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nonperiodic.
Examples
-
In the 1880s, while studying the three-body problem, he found that there can be orbits which are nonperiodic, and yet not forever increasing nor approaching a fixed point.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ajay Singh 2010
-
In the 1880s, while studying the three-body problem, he found that there can be orbits which are nonperiodic, and yet not forever increasing nor approaching a fixed point.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ajay Singh 2010
-
Using a nonperiodic key alphabets, ATTACK AT TWO TODAY, becomes, with spaces suppressed:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Howard C. Berkowitz 2010
-
By activating the Analysis ToolPak add-in, you add over 30 specialized finan - cial functions that run the gamut from those that calculate the accrued interest for a security paying interest periodically and only at maturity, all the way to those that calculate the internal rate of return and the net pres - ent value for a schedule of nonperiodic cash flows.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows Elifa 2009
-
Using a nonperiodic key alphabets, ATTACK AT TWO TODAY, becomes, with spaces suppressed:
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.