aperiodic

1. 1.

   not recurring at regular intervals

   Synonymsnonperiodic

   Antonymsperiodic

   Similarnoncyclicnonoscillatory

Questions about aperiodic

What does aperiodic mean?

aperiodic means "not recurring at regular intervals".

How many syllables are in aperiodic?

aperiodic has 5 syllables: a-pe-ri-o-dic. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for aperiodic?

Close synonyms include nonperiodic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of aperiodic?

The recorded antonyms are periodic.

Is aperiodic a common word?

aperiodic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.