periodicity
noun
pe·ri·od·ic·i·ty
ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdi-sə-tē 
: the quality, state, or fact of being regularly recurrent or having periods
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There's a window of about 400 seconds centered on that periodicity, and a burst can appear anywhere within the window and will last anywhere from 30 to 300 seconds.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
But why does this roughly 800-year periodicity exist?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
The thumb controlled the formant (that is, the amplitude peak in the spectrum that distinguishes the instrument’s timbre), the index finger controlled the waveform using a circular grid, and the three remaining fingers controlled the periodicity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
The key finding was that the spectrum of light from the star indicated that the 1.6-day periodicity is probably from a regular physical pulsing by the normal star in the HD 45166 system.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2023
Follow-on observations showed that the object repeated pretty regularly, with a periodicity of about 1,320 seconds (more commonly known as 22 minutes).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
One of these relates to the periodicity of the patterns in this universe.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
At the summit, USGS scientists have been able to notice a periodicity to the earthquakes and explosions that occur until an explosion, then an abrupt drop in earthquakes before the cycle starts again.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2018
Imagine chicken wire lattices layered on top of each other; these can be twisted one relative to another and form entirely new moiré scales of periodicity or non-periodicity.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
But why does this roughly 800-year periodicity exist?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
The thumb controlled the formant (that is, the amplitude peak in the spectrum that distinguishes the instrument’s timbre), the index finger controlled the waveform using a circular grid, and the three remaining fingers controlled the periodicity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
The key finding was that the spectrum of light from the star indicated that the 1.6-day periodicity is probably from a regular physical pulsing by the normal star in the HD 45166 system.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2023
Follow-on observations showed that the object repeated pretty regularly, with a periodicity of about 1,320 seconds (more commonly known as 22 minutes).
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 July 2023
One of these relates to the periodicity of the patterns in this universe.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
At the summit, USGS scientists have been able to notice a periodicity to the earthquakes and explosions that occur until an explosion, then an abrupt drop in earthquakes before the cycle starts again.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2018
Imagine chicken wire lattices layered on top of each other; these can be twisted one relative to another and form entirely new moiré scales of periodicity or non-periodicity.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023
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periodicity
noun
pe·ri·od·ic·i·ty
ˌpir-ē-ə-ˈdis-ət-ē
plural periodicities
: the quality, state, or fact of being regularly recurrent or having periods
the periodicity of peptic ulcer is … characteristic of the disease—Journal of the American Medical Association
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