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Recent Examples of aperiodic Quanta also covered another new kind of quantum error-correcting code in February, this one built out of aperiodic tilings — sets of shapes that combine in ways that never repeat. Bill Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024 In particular, the scientists focused on non-rhythmic, or aperiodic, brain activity. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 So, very much not an aperiodic monotile of the plane, but an aperiodic monotile of an incredibly high-dimensional space. Quanta Magazine, 3 July 2024 To me, that legitimizes the hat as a true aperiodic monotile, although spectres are still interesting for their ability to avoid reflections. Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 Interest turned into fascination when Boyle mentioned a special property of aperiodic tilings: local indistinguishability. Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024 Landmark results in Ramsey theory and a remarkably simple aperiodic tile capped a year of mathematical delight and discovery. Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023 The question of whether an aperiodic monotile exists has been called the einstein problem. Craig S. Kaplan, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023 Although Berger and others were able to bring down the size of these aperiodic sets significantly, in the mid-1970s Roger Penrose captured the world’s attention by discovering very small sets of his own aperiodic tiles. Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aperiodic
Adjective
  • Bird flu viruses typically don’t infect humans, aside from sporadic cases in people who have close contact with infected animals.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Light, sporadic snow will continue in the Denver area through Sunday, forecasters said.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tom Edge, who has written the bulk of the TV series, and Sue Tully, the show’s longtime director, wisely make no attempt to put those reams of online chatter onscreen, settling for the occasional spoken reference.
    Mike Hale, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Breathe Better Air pollution hides inside our homes, causing health effects ranging from the occasional sneeze to chronic respiratory issues.
    Anna Haines, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Battery experts would expect the intermittent pulses of charge, which have a higher C-rate than continuous charging models, to age batteries faster than standard procedures do.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Preceded by intermittent spatter fountains earlier in the afternoon, sustained fountaining began from the north vent, feeding multiple lava streams.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As President-elect Trump approaches the second half of his discontinuous presidency, Americans seem cool to his signature economic proposal: steep new tariffs on America’s most important trading partners.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • About 19,000 people had to flee the city, which is in an area with discontinuous permafrost.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But, an approach solely focused on sudden movements could lead to so many false triggers, users would likely find the option more annoying than beneficial—and that’s where machine learning, a segment of AI focused on pattern recognition, comes into play.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The flaw, which affects vehicles made between February 2021 and October 2023, can cause sudden power loss, potentially leaving drivers stranded or unable to start their vehicles.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • His moods became unpredictable, his behavior erratic.
    David Rabe, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Which is easier said than done with such an erratic boat service.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Aperiodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aperiodic. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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