as in sporadic
lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence
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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.
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Bill Andrews,
Quanta Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
In particular, the scientists focused on non-rhythmic, or aperiodic, brain activity.
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Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2024
To me, that legitimizes the hat as a true aperiodic monotile, although spectres are still interesting for their ability to avoid reflections.
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Aaron Shattuck,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2024
Interest turned into fascination when Boyle mentioned a special property of aperiodic tilings: local indistinguishability.
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Ben Brubaker,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2024
More recent designs use aperiodic waveguide spacing and different waveguide cross-sections to solve these issues, but each creates trade-offs such as limitations on the vertical scanning and the reduction of optical power in the main beam.
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Josué J. López,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Dec. 2020
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
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
More recent designs use aperiodic waveguide spacing and different waveguide cross-sections to solve these issues, but each creates trade-offs such as limitations on the vertical scanning and the reduction of optical power in the main beam.
—
Josué J. López,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aperiodic
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Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.
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While attractive due to its proximity to strong local and regional gas markets, exploration for this gas has been sporadic in the basin since the mid-1980s, with experts noting pilot projects were uneconomic, temporarily abandoned or failed.
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Steward said the church has around 50 members, although many others in the area stop by for the occasional service.
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South winds increase to 15-25 mph with occasional gusts over 30 mph.
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After just under two hours of intermittent rain, the tarp came out and the game was suspended.
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The president and his advisers have repeatedly criticized offshore wind as intermittent, unreliable and unsightly.
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Industry-specific risk factors driving the crisis include financial precarity—irregular income, lack of benefits, job insecurity—touring conditions, performance pressure, workplace culture and identity fusion.
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Quakes can leave trees standing at irregular angles, uproot them entirely, and disturb their drainage patterns.
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In other words, the global village attempts to describe rather than celebrate a new situation, a new way of being in the western world which is disincarnate and discontinuous.
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Additionally, scientists uncovered a necropolis of children, also dating from the Gallo-Roman period, and discontinuous remains extending into the modern era.
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From a fatal weekend crash on the I-184 Connector to a sudden summer cooldown, here’s a roundup of top stories the Idaho Statesman has published this week.
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The blockbuster rulings that dominate the news cycle each June are not sudden flashes of judicial willpower.
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“Aperiodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aperiodic. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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