Definition of Intermittents. Meaning of Intermittents. Synonyms of Intermittents

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Intermittents. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Intermittents and, of course, Intermittents synonyms and on the right images related to the word Intermittents.

Definition of Intermittents

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 Intermittents from wikipedia

- 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...
- In dynamical systems, intermittency is the irregular alternation of phases of apparently periodic and chaotic dynamics (Pomeau–Manneville dynamics), or...
- 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 claudication, also known as vascular claudication, is a symptom that describes muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness or sense...
- 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...
- 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...
- Look up intermittent or intermittency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intermittency is a behavior of dynamical systems: regular alternation of phases...
- An intermittent fault, often called simply an "intermittent", (or anecdotally "interfailing") is a malfunction of a device or system that occurs at intervals...
- Intermittent pneumatic compression is a therapeutic technique used in medical devices that include an air pump and inflatable auxiliary sleeves, gloves...
- Intermittent catheterization is a medical technique used in conditions where patients need either short-term catheter-based management of the urinary bladder...