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Answer for the clue "Subject to interruption or periodic stopping ", 13 letters:
intermittency

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping [syn: intermittence ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In dynamical systems , intermittency is the irregular alternation of phases of apparently periodic and chaotic dynamics (Pomeau–Manneville dynamics), or different forms of chaotic dynamics (crisis-induced intermittency). Pomeau and Manneville described ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state of being intermittent; periodicity

Usage examples of intermittency.

In every complicated social community there is necessarily a certain intermittency of employment for all specialised labour, and in this way the trouble of an 'unemployed' problem is altogether anticipated.