periodical

adjective

pe·ri·od·i·cal | \ ˌpir-ē-ˈä-di-kəl

Definition of periodical

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : periodic table sense 1

2a : published with a fixed interval between the issues or numbers

b : published in, characteristic of, or connected with a periodical

periodical

noun

Definition of periodical (Entry 2 of 2)

: a periodical publication

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Examples of periodical in a Sentence

Adjective

a periodical town newsletter that is supported by local advertisers periodical announcements from airline personnel concerning the delay

Noun

She writes for a monthly periodical. The library has a large collection of scholarly periodicals.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

Almost nothing about the artist or his company appeared in library catalogs or periodical indexes. — Edward Tenner, Time, "Search Engines May Seem All-Knowing, But They’re Not. Here’s How to Get More Trustworthy Results," 26 June 2018 These include decreases from .75 cents to $2.70 in the cost of sixth-through-eighth-grade Language Arts trade books and a .50 increase in kindergarten periodical subscriptions. — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Brunswick schools prepare for first strategic plan update in two decades," 17 Apr. 2018 Raymond Gadke assisted several generations of researchers and students in his oversight of University of Chicago Library’s microforms department and later of its periodical collections and all its reading room collections. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "Ray Gadke, oversaw microforms and periodicals at University of Chicago library, dies," 18 Mar. 2018 Would not such a periodical revision engender pernicious factions that might not otherwise come into existence? — Jay Cost, National Review, "Christ Church Should Be Ashamed," 30 Oct. 2017 Would not such a periodical revision engender pernicious factions that might not otherwise come into existence? — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "This Is the Bleakest Moment for America in My Lifetime," 13 Aug. 2017 Periodical cicadas are broken into two groups based on its 17 or 13-year periodic appearances. — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, "Danger follows the buzz of summer (Garden Talk)," 18 July 2017 Legendary periodical cicada researcher C.L. Marlatt called them stragglers back in 1898. — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, "Why are these enormous cicadas crawling out of the ground early? An expert explains.," 24 May 2017 But Washington must issue periodical waivers to keep the penalties from snapping back into place and the most recent one was set to expire this week. — Josh Lederman, The Seattle Times, "With waiver, US lets Iran keep getting benefits of nuke deal," 17 May 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

From titles of books and periodicals that are banned, or of which issues are banned, in Louisiana state prisons. — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, "Dangerous Minds," 10 June 2019 An article in an official army periodical is being ridiculed for claiming that the Russian military has psychic abilities and has used them in wartime. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Journal Claims Russian Troops Have Psychic Powers," 4 Apr. 2019 The 25-cent newsprint-periodical at its peak had a circulation close to five million, and its newsstand sales exceeded those of Life, Time and the Saturday Evening Post. — Tom Nolan, WSJ, "‘Confidential Confidential’ Review: All the Sleaze Fit to Print," 25 Oct. 2018 In the 1950s, the city’s 1,500 sidewalk stands, restricted to peddling periodicals, served as a primary news source for many. — Anne Kadet, WSJ, "Read All About It … Except Not at Newsstands," 9 Oct. 2018 Using emergency decrees, the government closed down around 200 media organizations, including newspapers, periodicals, radio stations and television channels. — Fox News, "A look at Turkey's post-coup crackdown," 30 Aug. 2018 Appropriately titled LogoArchive, the periodical has 12 pages of logos handpicked by Baird. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Midcentury logos take the spotlight in new magazine," 27 July 2018 The publications ranged from large metro dailies, such as The Houston Chronicle, The Minneapolis Star Tribune and and The Denver Post, to small weekly periodicals. — Fox News, "Boston paper presses coordinated response to Trump's media criticisms," 11 Aug. 2018 Cole wrote in an 1896 issue of the periodical The Woman’s Era. — Leila Mcneill, Smithsonian, "The Woman Who Challenged the Idea that Black Communities Were Destined for Disease," 6 June 2018

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