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The quality of being intermittent
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intermittence
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping [syn: intermittency ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1796; see intermittent + -ence .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being sporadic or intermittent.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intermittence \In`ter*mit"tence\, n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. --Tyndall.
Usage examples of intermittence.
On the vast lapse of time, as inferred from the rate of deposition and of denudation -- On the poorness of our palaeontological collections -- On the intermittence of geological formations -- On the absence of intermediate varieties in any one formation -- On the sudden appearance of groups of species -- On their sudden appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous strata.
Yet they required special atmosphere to breathe, like the Bellatrixians, and constantly imbibed liquid—surely to fill their fluid eyeball sacs—and consumed and excreted in rapid intermittence all manner of solids.
Yet they required special atmosphere to breathe, like the Bellatrixians, and constantly imbibed liquid-surely to fill their fluid eyeball sacs-and consumed and excreted in rapid intermittence all manner of solids.