intermittency

noun

in·​ter·​mit·​ten·​cy ˌin-tər-ˈmi-tən(t)-sē How to pronounce intermittency (audio)

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These savings go well beyond plant operations, encompassing transmission buildout, fuel costs, storage requirements, and the need to overbuild renewable capacity to compensate for intermittency. Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Dealing with intermittency For Alberto Faraco, a senior analyst who covers infrastructure at Morningstar DBRS, intermittency is still a fundamental issue with renewables. Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026 To succeed at scale a resilient ASEAN grid must cope with the key challenge faced in all renewables—intermittency. Yew-Poh Mak, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 The Agency emphasizes that this approach avoids the intermittency of wind and solar and, at the point of generation, does not emit carbon dioxide, per Kyodo News. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intermittency

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First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of intermittency was in 1662

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“Intermittency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermittency. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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