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Definition of intermittent

Intermittent
Intermittent In`ter*mit"tent, a. [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.] Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever. --Boyle. Intermittent fever (Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever. Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion. Intermittent springs, springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.
Intermittent
Intermittent In`ter*mit"tent, n. (Med.) An intermittent fever or disease. --Dunglison.

Meaning of intermittent from wikipedia

- Look up intermittent or intermittency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intermittency is a behavior of dynamical systems: regular alternation of phases...
- Intermittent fasting is any of various meal timing schedules that cycle between voluntary fasting (or reduced calorie intake) and non-fasting over a given...
- Intermittent fever is a type or pattern of fever in which there is an interval where temperature is elevated for several hours followed by an interval...
- Intermittent, temporary or seasonal rivers or streams cease to flow every year or at least twice every five years. Such rivers drain large arid and semi-arid...
- In dynamical systems, intermittency is the irregular alternation of phases of apparently periodic and chaotic dynamics (Pomeau–Manneville dynamics), or...
- Intermittent claudication, also known as vascular claudication, is a symptom that describes muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness or sense...
- An intermittent mechanism or intermittent movement is a device or movement which regularly advances an object, web, or plastic film and then holds it in...
- In the United States and Canada, intermittent confinement or w****end jail is an alternative sentence in which a defendant is required to report to a correctional...
- Intermittent explosive disorder (sometimes abbreviated as IED, also referred to as episodic dyscontrol syndrome) is a behavioral disorder characterized...
- Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used in conditions where patients need either short-term catheter-based management of the urinary bladder...